"He is not being prosecuted (here) in the normal process. He is being persecuted with the end view of pinning him down, notwithstanding the constitutional guarantees of the presumption of innocence," Ferdinand Topacio yesterday told ANC.
Topacio insisted Teves is a victim of "political persecution" by the Philippine government.
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