The Court of Appeals (CA) on Monday was asked by the lawyers of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) to junk the petitions for writ of amparo and habeas corpus filed by an ousted minister who is now in hiding abroad.

During the hearing at the appeals court, Rogelio Vinluan argued that the petition for writ of amparo filed by the Menorca family on behalf of expelled INC member Lowell Menorca 2nd is already “moot and academic” because he had left the country on March 6.

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