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Raps vs three lawyers nabbed in Makati bar search dismissed

  (Eagle News)—A Makati City prosecutor has junked the charges filed against three lawyers who were arrested at a bar where illegal drugs were recovered in August last year. In dismissing the charges for constructive possession of illegal drugs, obstruction of justice, and for resistance and disobedience against lawyers Lenie Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Soliven, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Romel Odronia said the police, who acted as complainants, “failed to discharge their burden […]

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DILG stands by policemen who arrested three lawyers in Makati bar raid

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Thursday, Aug. 23, stood by the policemen who arrested three lawyers for alleged obstruction of justice, intimidation, among others, in a Makati bar raid, noting the law enforcers did not violate United Nations rules as claimed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. In a statement, DILG spokesperson and Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said that under the UN Basic Principles on the Role of […]

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Palace defends policemen who nabbed lawyers for alleged obstruction of justice, others in Makati bar

(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 […]

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With arrest of three counsels in Makati bar, De Lima says Duterte’s drug war now targets lawyers in general

(Eagle News)—–Senator Leila De Lima on Saturday, Aug. 18, slammed the arrest of three lawyers who police said intimidated them and obstructed justice during a raid at a Makati bar on Thursday, Aug. 16. In a statement, De Lima, who is detained on drug charges in Camp Crame, said that  the arrest of Leni Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Sambrano, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, who she said were only “defending their client from a PNP raiding […]

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Three lawyers nabbed in Makati bar released pending further investigation

(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 […]

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