Reward for Atong Ang’s arrest now at P20 million

Inside Secretary Jonvic Remulla says the bounty comes from the confidential funds of the Philippine Nationwide Police and the DILG

MANILA, Philippines – The Division of the Inside and Native Authorities (DILG) introduced that it has doubled the bounty for many who may also help within the arrest of gaming tycoon Charlie “Atong” Ang.

“We’re rising the bounty for Atong Ang [from P10 million] to P20 million for info resulting in his arrest,” DILG chief Juanito Victor “Jonvic” Remulla stated in a press convention on Thursday, February 12.

“We’re severe right here. P20 million for info resulting in his arrest. In case you’re questioning the place that got here from, it got here from confidential funds offered to the PNP (Philippine Nationwide Police) and the DILG,” Remulla added in a mixture of Filipino and English.

The Philippine authorities first introduced in January the P10-million bounty for Ang, who faces kidnapping with murder and kidnapping with severe unlawful detention circumstances over the disappearance of sabungeros (cockfighting aficionados).

Final month, the federal government additionally tagged Ang because the “most wished felony within the nation,” prompting the inside division and the PNP to launch a nationwide manhunt for the tycoon.

In the meantime, Remulla stated on Thursday that Ang continues to be within the Philippines, not in Cambodia. He stated the Cambodian authorities has knowledgeable them that it has no information of Ang’s entry nor exit there.

Remulla additionally stated that the Philippine authorities might be utilizing drones with lidar sensors to trace different fugitives.

“We’re going to deploy them within the subsequent few months for extra intensive manhunt operations towards Gerald Bantag [suspect in the Percy Lapid Case], Atong Ang, and the upcoming indictments within the flood management scandal,” Remulla stated.

Ang was first implicated within the lacking sabungeros case in 2022 as a result of he owns the Fortunate 8 Star Quest, the operator of cockfighting arenas the place a few of the lacking sabungeros had been final seen.

Three years later, in 2025, he was positioned in scorching water anew after his former worker, accused-whistleblower Julie “Dondon” Patidongan, tagged him because the alleged mastermind within the disappearances.

Authorities knowledge present that at the least 34 sabungeros went lacking from April 2021 to January 2022, however Patidongan stated this quantity might attain over 100. – Rappler.com