Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, has been wanted on sex abuse and human trafficking charges. Photo:AP
Authorities of the Philippines said on Sunday that an influential evangelist preacher in the country has been arrested following the accusations of sex trafficking and sexual abuse.
Apollo Quiboloy, self-proclaimed "owner of the universe" and "appointed son of god", is wanted on charges of child and sexual abuse and related allegations of human trafficking. He has denied wrongdoing.
"Apollo Quiboloy has been caught," Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said on his Facebook page, without specifying how or where he had been.
The pastor is also on the FBI's "most wanted" list in the United States on separate charges of sex trafficking and bulk cash smuggling, over which he has also denied wrongdoing.
Over 2,000 police were deployed since last month to search a sprawling compound in the southern city of Davao owned by Quiboloy's church, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), on suspicion that he was hiding there in a bunker.
Philippine police spokesperson Jean Fajardo confirmed to reporters on Sunday that Quiboloy was captured inside the compound, but did not provide further details.
Quiboloy and four other co-accused were transported by military plane to the capital region on Sunday night after surrendering to authorities, Fajardo said. The five were detained at a detention facility inside the national police headquarters.
"At around 1:30 p.m (0530 GMT), a negotiation took place for their surrender because we gave them a 24-hour ultimatum," Fajardo told reporters.
Quiboloy is followed by millions of people in the Philippines, where church leaders hold heavy sway in politics. He is a longtime friend of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
菲律賓逮捕被控性犯罪的有影響力的牧師
菲律賓當局週日表示，該國一位有影響力的福音派傳教士因涉嫌性販運和性虐待而被捕。
阿波羅·奎博洛伊 (Apollo Quiboloy) 自稱“宇宙的主人”和“上帝任命的兒子”，因涉嫌兒童虐待、性虐待以及相關人口販運指控而被通緝。 他否認有不當行為。
「阿波羅·奎博洛伊已被捕，」內政部長小本傑明·阿巴洛斯在他的 Facebook 頁面上說道，但沒有具體說明他是如何被捕的，在哪裡被捕。
這位牧師還因性交易和大宗現金走私罪被列入美國聯邦調查局的「頭號通緝犯」名單，但他也否認有不當行為。
自上個月以來，超過 2000 名警察被部署在南部城市達沃市，搜查基波洛伊教會耶穌基督王國 (KOJC) 擁有的一處龐大院落，懷疑他藏身於那裡的一個掩體中。
菲律賓警方發言人吉恩法哈多周日向記者證實，奎博洛伊在大院內被捕，但沒有提供更多細節。
法哈多說，奎博洛伊和其他四名同案被告向當局自首後於週日晚上被軍用飛機送往首都地區。 這五人被拘留在國家警察總部內的一個拘留所。
「下午 1:30 左右（格林威治標準時間 0530），我們就他們的投降進行了談判，因為我們給了他們 24 小時的最後通牒，」法哈多告訴記者。
菲律賓有數百萬人追隨基波洛伊的腳步，菲律賓的教會領袖在政治上有著極大的影響力。 他是前總統羅德里戈·杜特爾特的老朋友。
Source: Reuters
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