Senator Leila de Lima is shown in photo on her way to attend a hearing at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256 on April 25, 2022. The Human Rights Watch on May 4, 2022, has asked Philippine authorities to release her from detention. Photo from Office of Senator Leila de Lima
HRW made the call after two key witnesses — self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and former Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos — recanted their testimony saying de Lima received money from the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison . De Lima has repeatedly denied the charges.
De Lima, a fierce critic of President Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly war on drugs, was jailed in February 2017 on allegations that she was part of the illegal drug trade inside the NBP during her stint as Justice secretary under Benigno Aquino III's administration. Ragos meanwhile told a Senate hearing in 2016 that he delivered, along with aide Jovencio Ablen Jr., P5 million in proceeds from the illegal drug trade inside the NBP to De Lima's house in Parañaque City in 2012.
“Five years too late but still appreciated. Sana makonsensya na rin lahat ng nasangkot sa gawa-gawang kaso laban sa akin. Patuloy po ang laban natin para sa katotohanan at hustisya,” she said in a tweet.
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Philippine Justice System is one lf the WORST in the world, over 5 yrs on detention without seeing a judge its a DISGRACE to the country
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