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Senator Leila de Lima INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / NI脩O JESUS ORBETA
(Updated, 3:50 p.m.) The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) has granted Senator Leila de Lima a one-day medical furlough for her liver check-up.
According to a court order, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205听Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz on March 6 granted De Lima鈥檚 very urgent motion for听medical furlough.
De Lima鈥檚 camp said that based on the ultrasound conducted by the physician at the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Hospital, there was a lump in the senator鈥檚 liver, and that a CT scan examination was needed as soon as possible.
鈥淲herefore, premises considered and finding the very urgent motion for medical furlough to be meritorious, the same is hereby granted one day medical furlough,鈥� the court order read.
Judge Fabros-Corpuz also ordered Police Senior Supt. Belli Tamayo, regional chief of Criminal Investigation and Detection Group 鈥� National Capital Region, to provide security for the senator as she undergoes the CT Scan.
鈥�(This is) to forestall any possibility of escape of said accused (De Lima) and to immediately bring her back to jail for detention,鈥� the order stated.
BREAKING: Muntinlupa RTC grants one-day medical furlough
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Supt. Tamayo was also ordered to submit to the court a report of compliance within five days after De Lima鈥檚 CT scan examination.
A source told 黑料社 that De Lima was scheduled to have a check-up for her liver at the Philippine Heart Center on Monday. All expenses would be shouldered by the senator personally, the source said.
De Lima was detained at the PNP Custodial Center pending her trial for illegal drug charges in three different branches of the Muntinlupa RTC over her alleged involvement in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) drug trade.
The senator denied the charges hurled against her by the government, saying that she was only being politically persecuted for her stance against alleged extrajudicial killings under the Duterte administration. /jpv