Justice Leila de Lima confirmed the warrants against Napoles and her brother Reynald “Jojo” Lim were issued Wednesday afternoon by Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150.
"An NBI team is on its way to implement" the warrant, De Lima said Wednesday evening.
No bail has been recommended for the siblings.
De Lima said the DOJ had granted the motions for reconsideration filed by the NBI and pork barrel scam whistleblower Benhur Luy on the department’s earlier dismissal of the charges against Napoles and Lim.
Luy spilled the beans on the alleged scam, which supposedly involved lawmakers handing over billions of pesos from their Priority Development Assistance Fund to non-existent projects proposed by bogus nongovernmental organizations supposedly set up by Napoles.
The whistleblower was allegedly abducted December last year after he attempted to set up a similar operation.
Luy also said his detention was supposed to prevent him from exposing the scam.
He was rescued in March by the NBI from a condominium unit in Taguig City.
source: interaksyon.com
