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'Shabu' in Virgin Mary statue refutes Sanchez 'good behavior': Drilon

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oarxTCB7UVU?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA -- Smuggling &quot;shabu&quot; inside a Virgin Mary statue while in jail for rape and murder makes former town mayor Antonio Sanchez unqualified for &quot;good conduct&quot; credits that will pave the way for his early release, a government official who oversaw his most notorious conviction said Thursday.</p><p>While serving time for the murders of University of Los Banos students Allan Gomez and Eileen Sarmenta, whom he also raped, Sanchez was convicted in 1999 for a separate murder case, said Senator Franklin Drilon, the justice secretary in 1995 when the ex-mayor was sentenced to life in prison for the Gomez-Sarmenta case.</p><p>&quot;Is this good behavior?&quot; said Drilon, who said he was &quot;shocked and saddened&quot; by news of Sanchez&#x27;s possible release. &quot;He is not entitled to credits for good behavior.&quot;</p><p>&quot;There can be abuse in the process. There are certain facts that must be ascertained,&quot; Drilon told ANC.</p><p>Sarmenta&#x27;s family has &quot;every reason to feel aggrieved,&quot; said Drilon.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/19/sentences-ignored-senators-reject-release-of-antonio-sanchez">&#x27;Sentences ignored?&#x27; Senators reject release of Antonio Sanchez</a></li></ul><p>&quot;We are appealing to the Department of Justice to hold on the impending release of (ex) Calauan mayor Antonio Sanchez until we review carefully the circumstances,&quot; he said.</p><p>The killings of Sarmenta and Gomez were among the most widely followed crimes in the Philippines in the 1990s.</p><p>According to court documents, Sanchez&#x27;s henchmen offered Sarmenta to him as a &quot;gift&quot; and watched as he raped her. The judge who convicted the mayor said the plot seemed to have been hatched from hell.</p>

<p>Smuggling "shabu" inside a Virgin Mary statue while in jail for rape and murder makes former town mayor Antonio Sanchez unqualified for "good conduct" credits that will pave the way for his early release, a government official who oversaw his most notorious conviction said Thursday.</p>

Smuggling "shabu" inside a Virgin Mary statue while in jail for rape and murder makes former town mayor Antonio Sanchez unqualified for "good conduct" credits that will pave the way for his early release, a government official who oversaw his most notorious conviction said Thursday.