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After asking to reopen one case still pending against the former senator, the DOJ is insisting on bail based on humanitarian grounds only – contrary to what De Lima prefers
Former senator Leila de Lima has been detained at the headquarters of the Philippine National Police for six years since her arrest on February 24, 2017 on drug-related charges. Key witnesses have since recanted their testimonies against her, all claiming they were coerced to issue statements pinning the former senator…
Former senator Leila De Lima (File photo) MANILA - Defense counsels of detained former senator Leila De Lima asked anew a Muntinlupa court to either dismiss the drug charges against her and her aide Ronnie Dayan or allow bail for their temporary liberty. In a 33-page motion dated Feb. 23, the two accused through defense lawyer Teddy Esteban Rigoroso asked the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 204 to dismiss the charges and order their release following the retraction of testimony of one witness former Bureau of Corrections officer in charge Rafael Ragos. Ragos retracted his earlier testimony that PHP10 million from drug lords had been sent to De Lima when she was still Justice Secretary and claimed that he had been intimidated and threatened with prosecution to make the allegations. After his initial retraction last May 6, Ragos has been subsequently called again to the witness stand five times as a witness for co-accused Dayan the last time of which was last Feb. 1