Vhong Navarro's immediate transfer to Taguig City Jail is demanded by the Deniece Cornejo camp

The legal team for Deniece Cornejo filed an urgent demand to move TV personality and actor Vhong Navarro right away to a jail cell.

Deniece's attorneys Howard Calleja and Maria Concepcion Claire Jennifer J. Aquino submitted the three-page petition on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at Taguig City's Regional Trial Court Branch 69.

"Comes now, the complainant Deniece Cornejo, through the undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court, respectfully moves for the immediate transfer of the place of detention of the accused from NBI detention center to Taguig City jail," reads part of the petition, according to The Daily Tribune.

In a non-bailable rape case, the petition further demands that the arresting officer transfer the defendant right away to the closest police station or jail.

"Furthermore, the only individuals who may be imprisoned at the NBI are those apprehended for in flagrant delicto," the petition adds.

"Flagrant delicto" refers to crimes, notably sexual abuse, that are observed in progress.

The Bureau of Jail Management's policies mandate that an accused person be held in the location where the warrant was obtained.

The petition demands that Ferdinand "Vhong" Navarro, who is charged, be held at Taguig City jail since he would be tried there and because the arrest warrant was issued there.

The Cornejo camp has politely requested that the court issue an order telling the appropriate official at the NBI detention facility to promptly transfer the accused from the NBI detention center to Taguig City prison.

The Vhong camp has not yet responded to this.