Arnie Teves to share cell at Bilibid, no special treatment

Former Negros Oriental representative Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. will share a cell with another inmate at the New Bilibid Prison and will not receive any special treatment, according to his legal counsel, Atty. Ferdinand Topacio.

Topacio clarified that despite an initial statement from the NBI suggesting Teves would be alone in a cell, they have agreed to follow all standard detention rules, including cell sharing.

Teves will occupy a ten-square meter cell equipped with a bunk bed, a shared toilet, and a small electric fan, identical to other detention cells.

Teves has returned to the Philippines after being deported from Timor-Leste, where he had sought asylum.

He is accused of being the mastermind behind the killing of former Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo.

Upon his arrival in the Philippines, Teves was brought to the NBI headquarters for booking procedures and a medical examination.