MANILA, March 11 -- Charges against the two Filipinos arrested in Japan for allegedly abandoning the bodies of a married couple in Tokyo are expected to be out by March 23.

In a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon interview on Monday, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said Bryan Jefferson Lising dela Cruz, 34, and Hazel Ann Baguisa Morales, 30, who were rearrested on March 1, are staying longer in police detention due to new evidence found against them.

They cannot receive visits from their families as they wait for the final decision regarding the investigation, de Vega said.

"Hindi sila nakakulong ngayon, puwede mong sabihing kulong pero hindi sa kulungan ng preso, police detention, iba 'yun, iba 'yung lugar noon (They are not impri...