PNP releases tip hotlines to locate Bato Dela Rosa

The Philippine National Police has released five hotline numbers the public can call to share information on the whereabouts of Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa.

There are five hotline numbers. Globe users can call or text 0927-3073501, 0995-5122729, or 0945-6115926. For Smart subscribers, two hotline numbers are ready: 0999-3619878 and 0960-6923025. 

On Friday, Oct. 23, Interior secretary Jonvic Remulla announced a P50 million bounty on Dela Rosa, giving him one week to surrender. 

"As of today, Senator Bato will be considered armed and dangerous. We are placing a bounty of P50 million for his capture," Remulla said. 

"We have given him all the courtesy that could be afforded a senator of the Republic of the Philippines, but he has shown nothing but cowardice by going into, and remaining in, hiding," he added. 

Dela Rosa is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity of murder. The senator has been in hiding since he slipped out of the Senate building on May 14 after a tense standoff in the premises. 

His wife Nancy on Tuesday issued a public appeal on social media urging officials, "who were also his friends," to assist her husband rather than persecute him. 

“I just pray that the powerful few who were also his friends would come to realize he is not their enemy nor the enemy of this state. Pls do not use him for your personal agenda,” she said. 

“He has helped you in countless ways and he has done you no wrong personally. He needs your help, not your persecution,” she added.