(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 Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz on March 6 granted De Lima’s very urgent motion for medical furlough. “Wherefore, premises considered and finding the very urgent motion for medical furlough to be meritorious, the same is hereby granted one day medical furlough,” the court order read. A source told INQUIRER.net that De Lima was scheduled to have a check-up for her liver at the Philippine Heart Center on Monday. 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.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 10, 2018 06:31 UTC