Inmates, drug lords to testify against De Lima

One of the high profile druglords and inmates detained at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), Herbert Colangco is set to be testifying against Senator Leila de Lima in next week's Senate hearing on drug proliferation at the national penitentiary.

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This, as confirmed by Justice Vitaliano Aguirre last Friday, September 16 that Colangco is one of the 12 high profile inmates that will prove de Lima had accepted millions of pesos of drug money during her Justice Secretary stint.

"There are 10 to 12 high profile inmates that will testify kasama si Colangco dun," Aguirre said.


"Handa na kami, actually, we are ready with many witnesses who will say that De Lima is involved in the drug trade inside the Bilibid and elsewhere," Aguirre said.

Also, Aguirre added that

Aside from Colangco, the Justice Secretary added that there are other high profile inmates to testify against de Lima including former National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director and NBI agents.

The Justice Secretary also said that they will transfer the inmates outside the facility of the NBP once the investigation starts for security reasons.

Colangco is one of the personalities listed on President Rodrigo Duterte's drug matrix that was earlier presented to the media. AJRSP

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