NBI troops to Manalo residence as it begins ‘exploratory’ probe

Agents from the National Bureau of Investigation trooped to the Manalo residential compound in Quezon City on Friday afternoon as they begin their “exploratory” investigation on the alleged abduction of Iglesia Ni Cristo ministers.

In an interview with reporters, Job Gayas of the NBI’s Anti-Organized and Transnational Crimes Division said they were ordered to check on the site and hopefully talk to Angel Manalo, estranged brother of Eduardo, the current executive minister of Iglesia Ni Cristo.

The agents knocked on the smaller gate and rang the doorbell several times asking anyone inside to talk to them, but to no avail.

Earlier in the day, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima ordered the NBI to look into the allegations that several ministers of the Iglesia ni Cristo have been abducted.

The order came two days after Cristina "Tenny" Manalo and Felix Nathaniel "Angel" Manalo, mother and brother of Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo, respectively, bared the alleged threats to their lives.

The Manalos' appeal for help due to the alleged threats to them was made through a video posted on video-sharing site YouTube on Wednesday night. —KBK, GMA News