Atong Ang escaped PH via 'backdoor' --SILG Remulla

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Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Tuesday confirmed that businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang, the alleged mastermind in the disappearances of several sabungeros, is already out of the country.

“Backdoor siya dumaan,” Remulla said in a press briefing.

(He passed through the backdoor.)

DUMAAN SA BACKDOOR? Kinumpirma ni DILG Sec. Jonvic Remulla na nakalabas na ng bansa ang negosyanteng si Charlie “Atong” Ang, na umano’y dumaan sa “backdoor” para makaalis ng Pilipinas. | via @jun_veneracion Bisitahin ang https://t.co/ERIJdxaScM para sa pinakabagong balita. https://t.co/wBJSRbSN0g

— GMA News (@gmanews) October 20, 2026

READ: Who is Atong Ang?

Last July, the Philippine National Police said that it was still verifying reports that Ang has escaped the country.

Atong Ang is facing charges for kidnapping with homicide, as well as kidnapping and serious illegal detention before the courts of Sta. Cruz, Laguna, Lipa, Batangas, and San Pablo, Laguna.