The case against Arroyo and a co-defendant was dismissed "for insufficiency of evidence", Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te told reporters. But the corruption case against her was lodged the same year, keeping her in detention. Arroyo, now a sitting lawmaker in the lower house of Congress, sits on a wheelchair as she makes her way towards the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court in Quezon City, Metro Manila in October 2012.//ReutersTop court dismisses graft case against ex-leader ArroyoPhilippine Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a long-running corruption case against jailed former president Gloria Arroyo and ordered her immediate release after almost five years in detention. She later requested the Supreme Court dismiss the entire case. "The court... orders the immediate release from detention of said prisoners," Te said, reading from the court ruling.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 19, 2016 07:41 UTC