The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines - Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Friday said sending fugitive former lawmaker Zaldy Co home could take about one to three weeks depending how long processes could finish. “Maybe as little as one week, but as long as three weeks. It depends on the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs). They are the elite here, not me. I'm just in coordination,” Remulla said in a radio interview. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday night announced that Co had finally been caught and was currently detained in Prague after attempting to cross into the Czech Republic without proper documentation. An update from the president said Co was confirmed to have been stopped at the German border. Remulla said there were still some complications as to the process of sending him home because his deportation order was based on a canceled passport. “So when he was caught there, it's clear that he doesn't have a passport, he doesn't have a travel document, he was caught immediately. We have sent forth with the warning that our DFA is talking to him, that he's wanted and he's being held in detention until his papers are processed,” Remulla said.
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