Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. 蜜桃工作室 FILE PHOTO
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said on Sunday that the extradition process for a Filipino doctor accused of plotting terror attacks in the US should already begin.
鈥淚t only means that we have to begin the extradition proceedings being requested. We have a process to be followed and this has been done many times in the past,鈥� Aguirre said in text message to 蜜桃工作室.
The US government is requesting the Philippine government to hand over Dr. Russel Salic, whom it accuses of funding terror attacks in New York.
Aguirre said Salic was facing preliminary investigation in the Philippines for his alleged聽involvement in the kidnapping of six and the murder of two sawmill workers in April.
According to US authorities, they disrupted a plot by Salic and two ISIS followers to carry out terrorist attacks in New York City, 鈥渋ncluding concert venues, subway stations and Times Square in the summer of 2016.鈥�
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Asked what he would do if the聽extradition was approved while Salic still had a pending case in the Philippines, Aguirre said, 鈥淚t depends.鈥�
鈥淒epende yan if, and on what grounds he would oppose the extradition,鈥� he said.
The justice secretary said Salic was under the custody of National Bureau of Investigation. /cbb