Sick... of Detention

We've seen this drama so many times in the past that new versions would be certified flops at the box office: A disgraced VIP is arrested for serious crimes and is detained with no bail allowed. Within days, or sometimes just overnight, the detainee complains of illness and is moved to a hospital.

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Former top officials who were held without bail whipped out wheelchairs and neck braces to claim illness and justify detention in special facilities such as hospitals or their own homes. When cleared, they suddenly regained their health, and ditched the trappings of a medical problem warranting hospital arrest.

Relatives of victims are seeing this scenario playing out again in the case of expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. Since arriving by private plane in April 2023 in Timor-Leste and staying there for two years, Teves appeared to be healthy enough to enjoy rounds of golf and to taunt Philippine authorities on video.