Napoles ordered arrested on illegal detention raps filed by pork scam whistleblower

MANILA, Philippines -- The National Bureau of Investigation moved to arrest businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles Wednesday after a court issued a warrant for her arrest over the serious illegal detention case filed against her by the whistleblower in the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam she is accused of engineering.

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

Couple accused of maltreating helper surfaces at NBI

A couple ordered arrested for allegedly maltreating their household helper surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation in Manila Monday.

Reynold and Analiza Marzan, who were charged for maltreating helper Bonita Baran, surfaced at the NBI before noon, radio dzBB's Cecilia Villarosa reported.

The report quoted NBI Director Nonnatus Caesar Rojas as saying the couple had a lawyer with them when they arrived.

He added the couple will stay at the NBI for now, while the bureau coordinates with the office of Senate President Pro Tempore Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada.

Estrada had sought the arrest of the couple for maltreating their helper.

Last week, Vice President Jejomar Binay suggested that the government put up a bounty for the couple's arrest.

Binay noted the couple had gone into hiding after a Quezon City court issued a warrant for their arrest.

Earlier, Baran said her employers had hit her repeatedly with plates, vases and a broomstick. She added her female employer pressed a hot flat iron on her face, costing her her eyesight. — BM, GMA News

source: gmanetwork.com