Jo Christine and James Christopher Napoles, and their uncle, Ronald Francisco Lim, have asked the Sandiganbayan to reduce their bail by 97 percent for their temporary liberty. ‘Nominal’ amountIn an urgent motion, their lawyer, Romeo Villarta III, urged the antigraft court’s Third Division to allow the Napoles siblings and Lim to post a “nominal bail” of P690,000 each. Lim and the Napoles siblings said the recommended amount was not only overwhelming but also disheartening. Defer arrest warrantsApplying that rule to bail, Lim and the Napoles siblings said they should be required to post only P690,000, or thrice the bail of P200,000 for each count of malversation through falsification and P30,000 for each count of graft. Pending the resolution of this request, Lim and the Napoles siblings asked the court to defer the issuance of arrest warrants.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 18, 2017 23:22 UTC