The senator, a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, has been detained since February 2017 over illegal drug charges. | via philstarlife
Self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa has recanted his previous allegations of dealings with Senator Leila De Lima, saying his previous testimonies were due to threats by the police.
Espinosa, who was among the witnesses the government presented against De Lima, renounced his past statement in a counter-affidavit filed before the Department of Justice , where he said he was"coerced, pressured, intimidated, and seriously threatened by the police" to cooperate. "He had no other option but to invent stories for fear of his life and of his family since his father, then-Mayor Rolando Espinosa, Sr., was killed on November 5, 2016 or just 18 days prior to the Senate hearing," the document said. Espinosa Sr. was shot dead by police in his jail cell after he reportedly resisted authorities, or"nanlaban" as the popular catch-all explanation was then used in other similar instances. Prior to his death, Espinosa Sr.
In November 2016, Espinosa stated before the Senate that he gave De Lima some P8 million for her senatorial campaign through her former driver Ronnie Dayan.
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