LOOK: Police take De Lima mug shot

MANILA - Police on Friday took Senator Leila de Lima's activity shot at Camp Crame following her arrest at the Senate.

De Lima was arrested Friday after a judge found merit in criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice last week. She will be detained at the Custodial Center at the national police headquarters, Camp Crame.

EARLIER: PNP SOCO personnel preparing Sen. De Lima for her mugshots. @ABSCBNNews pic.twitter.com/nte5e6ALrY

— Maan Macapagal (@maan_macapagal) February 24, 2017

The embattled senator has vowed to face all charges against her which she has branded as "political persecution."

"The truth will come out and I will achieve justice. I am innocent," she told reporters shortly before law enforcers escorted her away from her office.

Apart from De Lima, her former driver and bodyguard Ronnie Dayan was also arrested.

De Lima, a human rights lawyer before joining government, said the charges are a vendetta against her after she last year led a Senate probe into alleged extrajudicial killings during Duterte's anti-drugs crackdown.

-- reports from Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News, Reuters

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FVR thumbs down PNoy resign calls

'Baka sino naman dyan ang papalit,' says former president

 

 MANILA - Former President Fidel V. Ramos stopped by to greet participants of the #link4justice interfaith prayers at Camp Crame on Wednesday.

Ramos, who was on his way to a Mass for the fallen Special Action Forces (SAF), challenged the government to "come out with the truth" on the Jan 25 Mamasapano tragedy.

He also called on protesters to "fight for the truth" but warned against calls for President Aquino's resignation.

"Baka sino naman dyan ang papalit," he said.

The former President leaned out the window of his SUV, while talking to protesters and journalists.

He brushed off statements of government officials, including Senate President Franklin Drilon, to "move on."

"Move on kamo? Tuwid na daan kamo?" Ramos said. "The road to hell is straight."

Ramos also said protests should not just be about the Mamasapano incident, but also other problems such as corruption.

"We should clean up society. Hindi lang Mamasapano. Pati yang DAP [Disbursement Acceleration Program] at PDAF [Priority Development Assistance Fund]!" he said, referring to the pork scandals that have been exposed in the last two years.

The Philippines is celebrating on Wednesday the 29th anniversary of the People Power revolution which brought down the Marcos dictatorship.

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Bong to be detained in Camp Crame

Senator Ramon "Bong'' Revilla Jr. will be detained at the headquarters of the Philippine National Police in Camp Crame, the Sandiganbayan said.

The anti-graft court's first division, chaired by Associate Justice Efren dela Cruz, approved Revilla's request that he be detained in Camp Crame and released a commitment order for the senator's detention.

Revilla arrived in Camp Crame at around 1 p.m. and went straight to the PNP multi-purpose center to undergo processing.

PNP spokesperson Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac said Revilla underwent physical examination and had his fingerprints taken.

Mugshots will be taken afterwards, Sindac said.

Revilla will be detained at the PNP Custodial Center.

Revilla has filed a motion for bail before the Sandiganbayan. The anti-graft court will hear this motion on June 26, after Revilla's arraignment.

Revilla is accused of amassing P242 million from his pork barrel funds. He has denied the accusations, saying his signature in the pork barrel releases were forged.

Revilla's camp has asked the Supreme Court to reverse and annul the Office of the Ombudsman's resolutions that found probable cause against him, and junked his motion for reconsideration.

Revilla claimed the Ombudsman violated his right to due process, and the cases against him were born out of government's intent to persecute him. - reports from Johnson Manabat, dzMM; and Jenny Reyes, ABS-CBN News

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Deniece Cornejo surrenders

 

'She was never in Samar,' says family lawyer

MANILA - Model Deniece Cornejo, one of five people charged with serious illegal detention in connection with the January 22 mauling of actor Vhong Navarro, surrendered on Monday afternoon to authorities.

Cornejo arrived at Camp Crame in Quezon City at around 4 p.m., PNP Chief Supt. Reuben Theodore Sindac said.

Cornejo was accompanied by her immediate family, including granduncle Rod, and the senior Cornejo's legal counsel, Atty. Ferdinand Topacio.

According to Sindac, Cornejo was brought to the office of PNP chief Alan Purisima to discuss her surrender.

"Siya ay nagprisinta ng sarili niya and she appeared before the chief PNP (Purisima) and had a short talk [with him]," Sindac told ANC. "It was a short conversation. [Purisima] has emphasized that she will be treated fairly and will be given the proper treatment."

Cornejo was then transported via a coaster to the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) building, where she was processed under the Women and Children Protection Desk.




Cornejo's co-accused, Cedric Lee and Simeon Raz, were arrested for the same non-bailable offense in Oras, Eastern Samar last April 25 after weeks in hiding.

Sindac said they have yet to verify whether Cornejo was hiding with Lee and Raz, following evidence that the two had a female companion in Samar. However, Topacio denied that Cornejo was ever in the area with her co-accused.

"I'm not at liberty to tell you where she was but I believe that there's no harm in saying that... she was never there," Topacio told ANC.

Cornejo will be brought to the Taguig Regional Trial Court on Tuesday, CIDG head Chief Supt. Benjamin Magalong told DZMM.

'Confident of innocence'

Topacio, who was tapped by Rod Cornejo to help Deniece "a few weeks ago," said his client had been wanting to surface as she was always confident of her innocence in the controversy involving Navarro.

"I think she really wanted to give up and face the accusations against her being very confident of her innocence," Topacio said. "Of course, she is young and being accused of these things, she was [making up her] mind about it, and because of the uncertainty as to what will happen."

Topacio added: "I think having received good counsel from her lawyers, and also from her relatives, she finally decided to turn herself in and face the charges."

The lawyer said Cornejo was also encouraged to surrender after learning of her granduncle Rod's plea for her to face the charges against her.

While Topacio did not disclose details of the surrender, ABS-CBN News learned that Cornejo's family contacted PNP Human Rights Affairs Office head Chief Supt. Prudencio Tom Banas, with whom they are acquainted, to express Deniece's intention to surrender.

Aside from Cornejo, Lee, and Raz, arrest warrants for serious illegal detention were issued against Ferdinand Guerrero and Jed Fernandez -- who remain at large.





All five, plus Lee's sister Bernice and Jose Paolo Calma, were issued separate arrest warrants for grave coercion.

Bernice, Cornejo and Fernandez earlier posted P12,000 bail each for the criminal offense. Calma, meanwhile, left the Philippines last April 10 despite a lookout bulletin order mentioning his name.

Lee and his co-accused have claimed that they had to attack Navarro to supposedly rescue Cornejo, who alleged that she was raped by the actor when he visited her last January 22 at her condominium unit at Forbeswood Heights in Taguig.

Navarro denied raping Cornejo and alleged that he was blindfolded, tied up and mauled by Lee's group. The "It's Showtime" co-host claimed that Lee's group forced him to say on camera that he raped Cornejo, and that they used the video and a police blotter detailing the alleged rape to threaten him against reporting the incident.

The Department of Justice has since dismissed Cornejo's rape complaint against Navarro.

Meanwhile, Navarro's manager, film director Chito Rono said the timing of Cornejo's surrender of "suspicious," and advised the actor and his legal team "to be ver cautious for any drama." -- Reports from Edwin Sevidal, DZMM; ANC

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PNP releases mug shots of Janet Napoles

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday afternoon released mug shots of businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, who surrendered to President Aquino Wednesday night.

PNP Public Information Office (PIO) chief Sr. Supt. Sindac showed reporters the mug shots and fingerprints of Napoles at Camp Crame, where she is temporarily detained.

Napoles is set to be transferred to Makati City Jail, but police said an inspection will be conducted at the facility first before she is cleared for transfer.

According to dzMM’s Edwin Sevidal, who saw the mug shots first hand, Napoles appeared stressed and tired in the photos.

“Sa hitsura ni Janet Napoles, base na din sa mga nakikita kong video sa TV na ayos na ayos, dito parang puyat: malalim ‘yung mata. Hindi katulad sa usual na nakikita natin na nakangiti, dito ay halatang puyat at malaki ang eyebags,” Sevidal reported.

Sevidal noted that in the mug shots, Napoles was wearing the same clothes she was in when she met with the President in Malacañang.

Napoles, who is wanted for serious illegal detention of pork barrel scam whistleblower Benhur Luy, gave herself up as she feared for her safety following the P10-million reward offered by the government for her arrest.

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