MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez met with two US senators to discuss the case of detained Sen. Leila de Lima. Romualdez met with Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) upon the request of the latter. Durbin and Markey are among the five US senators that earlier filed a resolution banning the entry of Philippine government officials involved in the detention of De Lima. In September, a US panel approved a bill titled "Prohibition on Entry" which will apply to Philippine government officials involved in the "wrongful" imprisonment of De Lima, a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte. De Lima has been detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial center in Camp Crame since February 2017.

Source: Philippine Star November 13, 2019 02:35 UTC