MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution’s witnesses from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) had testified that they found no evidence linking Sen. Leila de Lima to drug trading at New Bilibid Prison (NBP), according to a lawyer for the detained senator. 17-165 and 17-166—two of the three cases alleging conspiracy to commit drug trading against De Lima and several others. “[Baculi said] that even if De Lima’s name had been mentioned [in talks among drug lords], he never investigated the senator,” Tacardon said. ‘Only her opinion’“From the cell phones allegedly owned by the drug lords, there was nothing whatsoever that indicated that Senator De Lima was part of any drug transaction. That was what became crucial earlier, especially since it was the prosecution’s own witnesses who testified to that,” Tacardon said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 24, 2020 21:11 UTC