Duterte’s PDEA chief ordered arrested, but detention scheduled in January

MANILA, Philippines – The House quad committee ordered the arrest and detention of former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Wilkins Villanueva during the mega-panel’s 13th hearing on Thursday, December 13.

Villanueva, former president Rodrigo Duterte’s PDEA chief, was cited in contempt by quad committee co-chairperson and Abang-Lingkod Representative Joseph Stephen Paduano, after the former official refused to answer questions in relation to a 2004 anti-drug operation in Davao City.