Press Release
June 19, 2019

STATEMENT OF SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN ON REPORTS THAT KAPA COMMUNITY MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL INC FOUNDER JOEL APOLINARIO, WIFE ARE NOW IN HIDING

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) must work double time in filing criminal cases against Kapa Community Ministry International Inc. founder Joel Apolinario and his cohorts to ensure that they will not be able to flee the country and to bring swift justice to millions of Filipinos who have been duped by the group.

While the DOJ has already issued a Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO) against eight incorporators and eight officers of KAPA, a court-issued hold departure order is still a more powerful tool in barring Kapa officials from leaving the country with their multibillion-peso loot. Nalaman namin sa aming research na kaya maraming malakas ang loob na manloko sa ating mga kababayan ay dahil na rin sa kakaunti lamang sa mga big time scammers ang naparusahan under the Securities Regulation Code, which is now 18 years old.

In the past few years, ilang big time investment scammers na rin ang nakalabas ng bansa natin bago pa man sila masampahan ng kaso, gaya na lamang ni Manuel Amalilio ng Aman Futures Group Philippines na tumangay ng higit kumulang P12 billion mula sa libo-libong investors sa Mindanao.

We do not want more of our countrymen to be victimized by these scams hence the urgent need to fast track the filing of criminal charges against these big time scammers. We need to send a message that we mean business in prosecuting the masterminds of these nefarious schemes and giving justice to the victims.

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