Police Arrest Gawad Kalinga Founder Tony Meloto on Sex Trafficking Warrant
Tony Meloto was arrested in Angat, Bulacan, on the same day a regional trial court in Malolos City issued a warrant charging him with sex trafficking. No bail was recommended.
RapplerPolice arrested Gawad Kalinga founder Tony Meloto in Angat, Bulacan, on the same day a regional trial court in Malolos City, Bulacan, issued a warrant for his arrest on sex trafficking charges. The warrant carried a recommendation of no bail.
Meloto was taken into custody in Angat on the day the warrant was issued. The court that issued the warrant sits in Malolos City, the capital of Bulacan province.
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Meloto faces detention pending court proceedings on the sex trafficking charge.
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