MANILA, Philippines—Just how valuable the testimony of murder convict Joel Capones to the drug case filed against Senator Leila de Lima?
The prosecution has presented Capones before the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 256. He testified that he saw drug lord Jaybee Sebastian hand over P1.4 million drug money to then Justice Secretary Leila de Lima at the Bahay na Bato inside the New Bilibid Prison sometime in March 2014.
“In his testimony, (Capones) delivered first the money to Jaybee Sebastian — the P1.4 million, and when the senator then Secretary of Justice arrived, Jaybee Sebastian handed the money to Sec. De Lima. That is part of the testimony,” Provincial Prosecution…
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