MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Friday bared an alleged 鈥渢anim kaso鈥� scheme where inmates set to be freed find out they still have 鈥減ending cases鈥�.
鈥淚sa pa, lalabas na, palabas na. Talagang irerelease na siya. E 鈥榶un daw 鈥榶ung tanim kaso,鈥� Sotto said in an interview on dzMM.
鈥淪asabihin, hindi ka pwede lumabas. Meron ka pang naka-pending [na kaso].鈥� 聽E maglalagay ka para mawala 鈥榶ung pending mo dahil wala naman talaga e. May ganon. Talo 鈥榶ung tanim bala. Ito, tanim kaso,鈥� Sotto added.
Sotto made the revelation amid the Senate investigation on the alleged 鈥渟ale鈥� of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) at the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for convicts seeking early release.
During a Senate hearing Thursday, Yolanda Camelon, wife of an inmate, claimed paying P50,000 to BuCor officials to secure the early release of her partner.聽/gsg
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