Duterte critic denied bail on drug trafficking charge
The Straits Times|June 08, 2023
Jailed Philippine human rights activist Leila de Lima was denied bail on Wednesday on the remaining drug trafficking charge filed against her during former president Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, her lawyer said.
Duterte critic denied bail on drug trafficking charge

MANILA 

De Lima, one of the most outspoken local critics of Mr Duterte and his deadly drug war, has been detained for more than six years on charges that she insists were fabricated to silence her.

“Sad to inform you that the court denied Sen. Leila’s bail application,” her lawyer, Mr Filibon Tacardon, said in a message to journalists.

The decision followed another court’s verdict on May 12 that acquitted the former senator and justice minister of a separate drug trafficking charge.

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