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By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published February 23, 2021 8:32pm
Photo: Office of Sen. Leila de Lima Opposition Senator Leila De Lima on Tuesday wished for freedom a day before she marks her fourth year in detention on drug-related cases. “Freedom and vindication soon,” De Lima, who came in full personal protective equipment, told reporters outside the Muntinlupa City court when asked about her thoughts on her continued incarceration. De Lima has been detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Quezon City since February 24, 2017 over allegations that she allowed the illegal drug trade to proliferate inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) during her term as justice secretary.
Published February 23, 2021 8:18pm A witness against detained Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday resumed his testimony in the drug case filed against the lawmaker before a Muntinlupa court. Joel Capones, a convict from the New Bilibid Prison and commander of the Sigue Sigue Sputnik Gang, has accused De Lima of receiving money from the illegal drug trade when she was justice secretary. On Tuesday, he underwent cross examination by the defense. “In his testimony, (Capones said he) delivered first the money to Jaybee Sebastian, the P1.4 million, and when the senator then Secretary of Justice arrived, Jaybee Sebastian handed the money to Secretary De Lima. That is part of the testimony,” lead prosecutor Ramoncito Bienvenido Ocampo Jr. told reporters after Tuesday s hearing at the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 256.