MANILA, Philippines — The Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court has ordered the release of journalist Lady Ann Salem and trade unionist Rodrigo Esparago, a month after the illegal firearms and explosives case against them was dismissed.
Last Feb. 5, the Mandaluyong City Regional Trial Court Branch 209 granted Salem, and Esparago’s motions “to quash the search warrant, suppress the evidence, and declare the illegally seized items as inadmissible.”
The court said, “there are not enough facts and circumstances which would lead a reasonably direct and prudent man to believe that an offense has been committed and that the objects sought in connection with the offense are in the place sough…
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