THE DEPARTMENT of Justice (DOJ) on Friday disclosed that convicted drug lord Herbert “Ampang” Colangco would testify against Sen. Leila de Lima in next week’s House inquiry into the drug trade at the national penitentiary. Aguirre claimed de Lima protected drug lords inside the prison in Muntinlupa, in exchange for millions of pesos. The DOJ chief also said two witnesses against de Lima had disclosed that she received P5 million in drug money, delivered to her house in Parañaque City. Former officials and agents of the National Bureau of Investigation have also executed affidavits against de Lima, claiming she had received drug money, Aguirre said. President Rodrigo Duterte had accused de Lima, a leading critic of the government’s anti-drug war, of protecting drug syndicates at Bilibid when she was DOJ secretary.

Source: Manila Times September 16, 2016 16:41 UTC