LIST: High-profile Bilibid inmates whose deaths are linked to COVID-19, according to BuCor

The Bureau of Corrections has released the death certificates of nine high-profile inmates of the New Bilibid Prison whose controversial deaths are being tied to the coronavirus disease.

A notice of death was presented for the ninth fatality, Hung Kin Sing Jimmy, also known as Jimmy Ang.

All of them, except the Chinese convict Francis Go, had coronavirus-related complications as cause of death, the documents indicate. Go died of hypoxia and severe pneumonia on May 28, according to his death certificate. “There was a time po na may pumasok sa Building 14 na personnel na duty. Nagpositive po sila sa rapid test. Immediately, we quarantined them,” Fabro said.

Marcelo, Chua, Boratong and Sebastian are among the so-called"Bilibid 19" – a group of high-profile convicts who were found with drugs and other contraband items during a controversial raid under De Lima's term in 2014.

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