The Manila Times
LOCAL Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Thursday confirmed that the International Criminal Police Organization has issued a Red Notice against fugitive businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang, who remains at large amid an ongoing multiagency manhunt linked to the case of the “missing sabungeros.” “Officially, a Red Notice has already been issued. It has come out, it has been released,” Remulla said in an interview. A Red Notice is a request for law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a suspect pending legal proceedings. It is not an arrest warrant. Remulla said Ang was sighted in Region 4A (Calabarzon) about two weeks ago and has since been moving between locations with a small group in an apparent effort to evade arrest. He added that authorities nearly apprehended the businessman during earlier operations after receiving what he described as an “eyeball confirmation” of Ang’s presence in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon), prompting an immediate operation. “When we learned about it, the team immediately moved in and entered the area. We missed him by a day or two,” he added. Ang has been a fugitive since 2025 after courts issued warrants for his arrest. He is facing charges in connection with the disappearance of the sabungeros, or cockfight enthusiasts, and has a P20-million bounty for his capture. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), meanwhile, said it continues to actively track Ang, though it acknowledged uncertainty over his exact whereabouts. In an interview, NBI Director Melvin Matibag said a dedicated team has been assigned to pursue leads, but declined to disclose operational details. “We have information saying that he is still in the Philippines. But we are not discounting the possibility that he may have already left the country,” Matibag said. He noted that the country’s geography, with numerous entry and exit points, complicates monitoring efforts, citing past cases of fugitives slipping through less conventional routes.
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