A buddy system will be enforced for police officers deployed at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame as part of stricter measures following Sunday’s hostage incident that threatened the life of detained former senator Leila de Lima.
If there’s one thing good that came out of her being in detention, it’s the appreciation of things and those who have always surrounded and supported her, Sen. Leila de Lima on Sunday said.
Visitors being barred entry, confidential documents being inspected and photos of supporters being confiscated are only some manifestations of intensified “persecution, intimidation and harassment” of Senator Leila de Lima in the PNP Custodial Center, her camp said.
Some delegates of the ASEAN Parliament for Human Rights (APHR) were disappointed after they were barred from visiting detained Sen. Leila de Lima despite having complied with a 10-day visiting notice.
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday questioned the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) excessive policy requiring visitors of detained Sen. Leila de Lima at the Custodial Center in Camp Crame to seek permission for their visit 10 days in advance.
Calling herself a prisoner of conscience, Sen. Leila de Lima, remains steadfast in her conviction even as she continues to wrestle with what she claims as political persecution against her by the Duterte administration.
It was Sen. Leila de Lima’s turn to come to the rescue of perceived ally and fellow Duterte critic, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, criticizing those who sneered at testimonies self-confessed hitmen – retired SPO3 Arthur Lascanas and Edgar Matobato – who directly implicated the President on alleged killings of the Davao Death Squad (DDS) in the past.
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Deputy Director Rafael Ragos, one of the co-accused of Senator Leila De Lima in her multiple drug charges, is expected to surrender this Sunday (February 26) or two days after a warrant for his arrest was released.
In a rather cruel twist of fate, Senator Leila De Lima has now practically joined in detention the senators she had charged in connection with the “pork barrel” scam.
Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada intends to take a closer look at the Anti-Money Laundering Council’s (AMLC) report on the bank transactions of pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles.
