The complaints in opposition to National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) detainee Jad Dera and the six safety officers arrested with him have been submitted for decision, Dera’s lawyer stated Thursday.
Atty. Raymund Palad stated all seven of the respondents filed their counter-affidavits through the preliminary probe on the Justice Department.
“Submitted na for decision ‘yung kasong isinampa na bribery, corruption of public official, infidelity of custody of prisoner, and graft and corruption,” Palad said in an ambush interview.
NBI agents arrested Dera and the security officers hours after they left the detention facility on the evening of June 20, Tuesday.
Authorities retrieved cash, firearms, and other contraband from them.
CCTV footage also showed that Dera allegedly went on a date, though his lawyers said he left the facility due to a medical situation.
Counter-affidavit
In his counter-affidavit, Dera’s camp argued that there isn’t a possible trigger to indict Dera for the offense of corruption of public officers.
Dera’s camp careworn that the six NBI safety officers are solely “job order employees” and don’t fall beneath the time period “public officer.”
According to his camp, NBI additionally didn’t show that the P10,000 money seized throughout Dera’s arrest was his “offer, promise, gift, or present.”
Palad, in the meantime, stated the safety officers denied that they acquired money or that they left the ability because of a present or promise.
The six NBI safety officers arrived sooner than Dera to attend the probe as he was not issued a subpoena, in line with his lawyer.
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— Joahna Lei Casilao (@joahnacasilao) June 29, 2023
Special privileges
Meanwhile, when questioned in regards to the alleged privileges acquired by Dera on the detention facility, Palad talked about a “special VIP room.”
“‘Yung mga other privileges po meron din po kaming nakikita doon na mga privileges. Nakakaikot sila doon. ‘Yun nga ho ‘yung ginagawa ng DOJ ngayon na tinitibag na talaga ‘yung mga special VIP room doon,” he stated.
[We see privileges there. They can roam around. That’s what the DOJ is doing now, destroying the VIP room.]
Palad stated the particular VIP rooms had been “small” however had their very own beds.
However, he denied that this was a particular therapy.
“Even ‘yung suspects po ng mga ibang, ‘yung Bantag case, nakikita ko naman sila doon may mga sarili din naman silang bed. Hindi naman ito katulad ng BJMP facility na sobrang higpit,” he stated.
[Even the suspects in the Bantag case, I can see them having their own beds. This is unlike in a BJMP facility where it is so strict.]
Earlier, DOJ spokesperson Atty. Mico Clavano stated the largest privilege that Dera allegedly had was with the ability to go out and in of the ability as he happy. He stated that different privileges had been a extra spacious room. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
