THE deaths of several high-profile inmates at the national penitentiary, or the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), look suspicious.

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto 3rd and blue ribbon committee chairman Sen. Richard “Dick” Gordon are not buying the claim of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) that the reported death of Jaybee Niño Sebastian, for example, was due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).