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De Lima says Jaybee was her asset

FIGHTING BACK Sen. Leila de Lima disputes the allegations raised by inmates during a hearing of the House committee on justice on the illegal drug trade atNew Bilibid Prison. LYN RILLON
FIGHTING BACK Sen. Leila de Lima disputes the allegations raised by inmates during a hearing of the House committee on justice on the illegal drug trade atNew Bilibid Prison. LYN RILLON
Sen. Leila de Lima on Thursday said Jaybee Sebastian, a convicted car thief and a powerful gang leader, was her “asset” who provided information on the illegal drug trade at New Bilibid Prison (NBP) that as justice secretary in the Aquino administration she had attempted to crush.

But, De Lima, at a news conference called to deny allegations she received protection money from NBP drug lords to fund her senatorial campaign in May, declined to elaborate.

“The reason I’m saying he’s an asset is to dispel speculations, malicious insinuations that the reason why he was not transferred like the Bilibid 19 because he was favored, protected and the insinuation that he collects money for me,” De Lima said of Sebastian.

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