Judge Keeps Preventive Detention of Rapper Oruam

Overview

• The judge denied the defense's request to revoke preventive detention in a decision recorded on June 18 and maintained the outstanding arrest warrants.
• The defense filed private medical reports asserting Oruam has pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic cough and a five-kilogram weight loss in a month.
• The court rejected those private reports as insufficient because they were not issued by an official state institution and demanded a formal medical evaluation once he is found.
• Prosecutors and the judge cited Oruam's fugitive status since February 3 and alleged breaches of his electronic monitor—reported as 66 circumventions—as core reasons to keep him in custody.
• The case stems from a July 21, 2025 police operation that led to attempted homicide and related charges supported by video evidence, and if convicted Oruam faces years in prison while any medical treatment will be handled by the prison health service after capture.