MANILA, Philippines —Malacañang on Monday stressed that there is no policy shift on how it deals with the case of alleged pork barrel mastermind Janet Napoles following her acquittal on an illegal detention charge. The Court of Appeals has reversed the ruling of a Makati City court on the serious illegal detention case against Napoles. READ: Appeals court acquits Napoles of illegal detention rap'No deal with Napoles'Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the acquittal of Napoles on her illegal detention case has no direct impact on her pork barrel cases. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1"Neither is there an agreement forged between the Duterte administration and Napoles," Abella said in a statement. Napoles is still facing criminal charges over the multibillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund scam before the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court.

Source: Philippine Star May 08, 2017 09:00 UTC