DFA says no info on Harry Roque’s asylum request

DFA says no info on Harry Roque’s asylum request

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has no information on the status of former presidential spokesperson and fugitive Harry Roque’s political asylum bid in Austria, DFA Secretary Theresa Lazaro said on Friday. This contradicts the statement of Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla who previously claimed Roque’s asylum request was denied. “According to our embassy in Vienna, there is no information at all if the asylum has been denied,” Lazaro told the Senate finance subcomm