Philippine Senator Leila De Lima
was arrested Friday morning as demonstrators waved banners in her support.
The arrest was ordered
on charges of taking bribes from convicted drug traffickers in the New Bilibid Prison from 2010 - 2015 while she was still Justice Secretary. The money allegedly helped pay for her Senate campaign in 2016. She denied all these charges and stated they are political persecution. Senator Leila De Lima is known to be a critic of the President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte in his crackdown on drug dealers and users. Accused of supporting, encouraging or approving illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prison. she will not hide or flee, and willing to face all the charges.
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