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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, Aug. 20, defended the police’s arrest of three lawyers in a Makati bar raid for alleged obstruction of justice and intimidation. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, a lawyer himself, lawyers Lenie Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Soliven, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon needed a refresher course in criminal law. In the first place, he said “lawyers have absolutely no involvement in an ongoing police investigation.” “Their role is when […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Human Rights has initiated a probe into the arrest of three lawyers for alleged obstruction of justice and intimidation during an inspection of a bar in Makati on Thursday, Aug. 16, In a radio interview on Saturday, Aug. 18, CHR spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said the inquiry into the arrest of Lenie Rocel Rocha, 25; Jan Vicente Sambrano, 32; and Romulo Bernardo Alarkon, 33; during a police inspection of […]
(Eagle News)–The three lawyers who were nabbed for “intimidation” and “obstruction of justice” in a Makati bar have been released pending “further investigation.” Makati Senior Assistant Prosecutor ordered the release of Lenie Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Soliven, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, saying there was a need to determine what acts the three supposedly committed, especially as pertaining to the constructive possession of illegal drugs charge the police filed against them. Apart from this charge, the […]
