No special treatment for Teves at corrections facility

There is no special treatment for expelled Negros Oriental representative Arnolfo Teves Jr., who is currently detained at the Bureau of Corrections compound in Muntinlupa while waiting to appear before a court for arraignment for multiple murder, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said yesterday.

- By EJ MACABABBAD and ELIZABETH MARCELO

While NBI director Jaime Santiago said at Friday's press conference that Teves would be staying alone in the NBI facility in Building 14, the former lawmaker is currently sharing a cell with another inmate.

The former Negros Oriental representative was transported back to the Philippines on Thursday from Timor-Leste, where he had been hiding for two years, after Dili ordered his "immediate deportation" for being a "threat to national security and interests."

Teves is facing multiple murder charges for allegedly masterminding the assassination of his political rival, Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo, in the town of Pamplona on March 4, 2023.