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Aguirre: De Lima got 'missing' P300M from 2014 Bilibid raid

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/9/27/delima-aguirre-092716.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Senator Leila de Lima and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II</div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Wednesday claimed he has a witness who can testify that Senator Leila de Lima kept P300 million seized from high-profile inmates during the 2014 raid of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). </p><p>Aguirre said the witness, in a six-page letter to President Duterte last August 6, revealed that the cash confiscated from the raid led by De Lima as then Justice secretary amounted to P300 million, and not P1.6 million as reported.</p><p>Asked where the purported undeclared funds ended up, Aguirre said: “Kay Secretary de Lima daw nga, doon dinala ng mga NBI (National Bureau of Investigation).&quot; [The NBI allegedly delivered it to Secretary de Lima] </p><p>&quot;Iyun ang sagutin mo, Secretary De Lima, masyado kang yakyak nang yakyak [That&#x27;s what you should answer, Secretary De Lima, you yap too much],&quot; he added.</p><p>Aguirre made the revelation after De Lima lashed at her critics and even dared President Rodrigo Duterte to just arrest her. </p><ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li><strong>READ: </strong> <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/28/16/fuming-de-lima-dares-duterte-to-arrest-her">Fuming De Lima dares Duterte to arrest her</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UCLifvKe2vE" width="600"></iframe></figure><p>Aguirre said the Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to take the witness’ affidavit and present it at a congressional inquiry tackling the proliferation of drugs inside the NBP under the previous administration. </p><p>Under De Lima&#x27;s supervision, the NBP raids exposed how high-profile convicts were &quot;<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/nation/metro-manila/12/15/14/look-hot-tub-sex-doll-inside-bilibid-cell">living like kings</a>&quot; in air-conditioned villas equipped with hot tubs and stripper poles. </p><ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li><strong>LOOKBACK: </strong> <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/09/21/16/lookback-de-lima-and-the-2014-bilibid-raid">LOOKBACK: De Lima and the 2014 Bilibid raid</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jTX-Tc88fxM" width="600"></iframe></figure><p>But prison gang leaders who testified at a House of Representatives hearing last week claimed that the raid was only staged so that crime kingpin Jaybee Sebastian, De Lima&#x27;s alleged &quot;favored &quot; inmate, could monopolize the prison&#x27;s drug operations. </p><p>Sebastian, who earlier <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/26/16/jaybee-sebastian-clams-up-on-bilibid-drug-trade-aguirre">refused to testify</a> against De Lima&#x27;s alleged ties to the Bilibid drug trade, has been wounded in a prison riot Wednesday. </p><p>De Lima earlier dismissed the House of Representatives&#x27; inquiry as a sham orchestrated by Duterte, whom she has criticized for launching a brutal war on drugs. She also claimed that the President&#x27;s men tortured witnesses into fabricating stories against her. </p><p>Aguirre maintained that the sole aim of the investigation is to hold De Lima accountable for her alleged wrongdoing, reiterating that the case against her is strong. </p><p>&quot;Ginagawa ko lang bilang Secretary of Justice ang pag-iimbestiga sayo sapagkat sa aking paniniwala, sobra-sobra ang ebidensya na ikaw ay nakinabang sa iligal na droga sa Bilibid [I am only investigating you as the Secretary of Justice because of my belief that there is overwhelming evidence proving that you benefited from the illegal drugs inside Bilibid],&quot; he said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li><strong>READ: </strong> <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/27/16/de-lima-evidence-against-me-is-fake-like-aguirres-wig">De Lima: Evidence against me is &#x27;fake like Aguirre&#x27;s wig&#x27;</a></li></ul>

<p>Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Wednesday claimed he has a witness who can testify that Senator Leila de Lima kept P300 million seized from high-profile inmates during the 2014 raid of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). </p>

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Wednesday claimed he has a witness who can testify that Senator Leila de Lima kept P300 million seized from high-profile inmates during the 2014 raid of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).