(UPDATE) JAILED former senator Leila de Lima was acquitted Friday on one of two remaining drug trafficking charges filed against her under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, court officials said.
The former senator and Justice secretary, 63, and another defendant 'are hereby acquitted,' said a written copy of the ruling released by Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Judge Abraham Alcantara.De Lima has been in detention since 2017 and has remained in jail even after a key witness recanted his testimony.
Before her arrest in 2017, de Lima had spent a decade investigating 'death squad' killings allegedly orchestrated by Duterte during his time as Davao City mayor and then in the early days of his presidency.She conducted the investigations while serving as the nation's human rights commissioner, and then from 2010 to 2015 as Justice secretary.De Lima won a Senate seat in 2016, becoming one of the few opposition voices as the populist Duterte enjoyed a landslide win.
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