PNP stops US delegation from entering headquarters

by Francis Earl Cueto - Bernadette E. Tamayo

Aug 18, 2022 5:37 pm

THE Philippine National Police (PNP) stopped a group of United States lawmakers from entering its compound where former senator Leila de Lima was being detained.

BGen. Roderick Augustus Alba, chief of the PNP-Public Information Office, said that while the PNP Headquarters Support Service can present a briefing to the visiting delegation, led by US Sen. Edward Markey, they should first seek permission from the court if they want to see de Lima.

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