The four leaders of the alleged cult the Socorro Bayanihan Services, Inc. will be detained in Senate custody for a longer time, as said by Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Order, who is also investigating the complaints of former members.

As such, it is possible that the SBSI leaders named Jey Rence Quilario, alias Senior Agila, Mamerto Galanida, Karen Sanico, and Janeth Ajoc will remain in Senate custody until the end of November.

This follows the statement of Department of Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty during the budget deliberation in the Senate that they target issuing a resolution on the cases facing the SBSI leaders in mid-November.

Ty explained that it will take some time before they can issue a resolution because a supplemental complaint will be filed against Senior Agila based on new allegations against them.

Moreover, the National Bureau of Investigation will file an additional case alongside the prosecutors.

Yesterday, Quilario’s group was brought to the DOJ for a clarificatory hearing.

The group was first charged with human trafficking, kidnapping, serious illegal detention, child marriage, child abuse, and exploitation.

According to dela Rosa, the members of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Women and Children will discuss again if the four SBSI leaders will be kept in Senate custody.

The four SBSI leaders will only be released from Senate custody if they stop lying in the next hearing of the two committees.

Meanwhile, Dela Rosa plans to conduct an ocular inspection at the very location of the alleged cult in Sitio Kapihan, Brgy. Sering, Socorro, and Surigao Del Norte on October 14, but have yet to confirm their intention to join the inspection.