The Senate sergeant-at-arms arrested anew a “defiant” former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante Thursday night (December 4) after senators ordered his arrest and detention for giving contradicting testimony during the investigation into his alleged involvement in the P728 million fertilizer fund scam.

Bolante was cited in contempt by the members of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee for his evasiveness, thus the order for his arrest and detention.

Bolante will be detained at the Senate building starting Thursday  night until the resumption of the hearings on Monday, December 8.