MANILA, Philippines — Retired Air Force General Romeo Poquiz was arrested Monday at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) over an inciting to sedition charge, the Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP CIDG) said.
Fresh off a family trip to Thailand, Poquiz arrived at Naia at 8:11 a.m. when police arrested him on the strength of an arrest warrant issued by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 77, CIDG National Capital Region (NCR) chief Col. John Guiagui told reporters in an interview at Camp Crame in Quezon City.
Poquiz is the convenor of the United People’s Initiative, a group of retired military officers that has called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to step down amid the corruption scandal.
The arrested retired general was brought to the CIDG–NCR headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City at around 9:50 a.m.
Poquiz underwent the standard booking procedures — fingerprinting, mugshots and a medical exam, according to Guiagui.