The Philippines has not yet received any official request from Malaysia to hand over Sultan Jamalul Kiram III or any of the Filipinos involved in the recent Sabah conflict to Malaysian authorities, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.
Malaysia is not planning to extradite a man wanted in the Philippines for duping 15,000 people in a P12-billion investment scam despite a request from Manila.
There is no need for President Aquino to call up Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and ask for the release of fugitive Manuel Amalilio to Philippine authorities because foreign affairs and justice officials could work this out on their own, Malacañang said Monday.
The government will employ diplomacy to bring back to the Philippines fugitive Manuel Amalilio, alleged brains of the Ponzi scheme that last year duped some 15,000 Filipinos of P12 billion, to face prosecution, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Sunday.
Prosecutors at the Office of the Ombudsman are hoping that the long arm of the law will catch up with the wife and sons of former military comptroller Carlos Garcia in New York, Las Vegas and Michigan in the United States.
The Court of Appeals has rejected a US request to extradite a Filipino-American businessman charged with conspiring to kill his wife to collect $300,000 in insurance money in California.
