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DOJ eyes HDO vs Atong Ang

Published Dec 11, 2025 03:40 pm
The Department of Justice (DOJ) may seek the issuance by the court of a hold departure order (HDO) to prevent Charlie “Atong” Ang from leaving the country.
During a press briefing on Thursday, Dec. 11, Prosecutor General Richard Anthony D. Fadullon said: “Certainly, once the cases have been filed, probably the prosecutors in charge or handling the cases may already move for the issuance of an HDO.”
Last Tuesday, Dec. 9, the DOJ said a resolution that found evidence with reasonable certainty of conviction has been issued to charge Ang and 21 others for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of “sabungeros” or cockfight enthusiasts.
Ang will face 10 counts of kidnapping with homicide and 16 counts of kidnapping with serious illegal detention.
Fadullon said the cases have not been filed before the courts because of the number of criminal charge sheets that will have to be filed before the regional trial courts (RTCs) in Batangas, Laguna, and Paranaque City.
“Hopefully we will be requesting for consolidation of all these cases probably in one court para hindi na mahirapan (so that it will not be difficult),” Fadullon disclosed.
He said the DOJ will request the Office of the Court of Administrator for the consolidation.
Ang’s lawyer Gabriel Villareal earlier said he will file a motion for reconsideration before the DOJ to seek the reversal of the ruling of the panel of prosecutors.
Fadullon said: “We are not waiting for their motion for reconsideration. They have 15 days within which to file their motion for reconsideration but, then again, we are not precluded from filing the criminal charge sheets before the courts.”
Earlier, the Bureau of Immigration said that Ang has not yet left the country.
BI Spokesperson Dana Sandoval said that based on the bureau’s records, there has been “no recent recorded travel of Ang.”
The other accused in the kidnapping with homicide cases were Police Lt. Col. Ryan Jay Orapa, Rogelio Tedoso Borican Jr., Rodelo Anig-ig, Mark Carlo Zabala, Ronquillo Anding, Police Senior Master Sergeant (PSMS) Joey Natanauan Encarnacion, Police Executive Master Sergeant (PEMS) Aaron Ezrah Lagahit Cabillan, Police Master Sergeant (PMSG) Michael Jaictin Claveria, PSMS Mark Anthony Aguilo Manrique, PSMS Anderson Orozco Abary, Police Staff Sergeant (PSSG) Edmon Hernandez Munoz, PSSG Alfredo Uy Andres, Police Maj. Philip Almedilla, Police Lt. Henry Sasaluya, Police Chief Master Sergeant (PCMS) Arturo Dela Cruz, PSMS Farvy Opalla Dela Cruz, Police Cpl. Angel Joseph Martin, Jezrel Lazarte Mahilum, Emman Cauda Falle, Julious Tagalog Gumulon, and PMSG Renan Lagrosa Fulgencio.
Also charged with Ang in the cases of kidnapping with serious illegal detention were Oraga, Claveria, Anig-ig, Borican, Almedilla, Encarnacion, and Cabillan.
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