De Lima sees Palace hand in Bilibid ‘riot’A furious Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday said the incident at the New Bilibid Prison in which a high-profile inmate was killed could be a tactic of the Duterte administration to intimidate other inmates into testifying against her. (Joseph Vidal/Senate/Manila Bulletin)De Lima, however, sees Malacañang’s hand in the incident. “I am not discounting the possibility that this so-called riot is Malacañang’s way of sending its message to prisoners who refuse to implicate me in the Bilibid drug trade as part of Aguirre’s and Malacañang’s tele-serye drama projecting me as the Bilibid Drug Queen,” she said. Raising her voice in anger, de Lima dared Duterte to order her immediate arrest. De Lima said she finds puzzling that a riot could erupt inside Bilibid at a time when troops from the police Special Action Forces are guarding the facility.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 28, 2016 16:07 UTC