MANILA, Philippines—Fearing for her life, fugitive Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged brains behind the P10 billion pork barrel scam, surrendered to President Benigno Aquino in Camp Crame Wednesday night, Malacañang announced. “At 9:37 p.m. on August 28, Janet Napoles surrendered to President Aquino,” Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a statement. HUNT OVER After an intensive 14-day search by combined government forces and agencies and with a P10-million bounty on her head, the elusive Janet Napoles surfaces on Wednesday evening and comes face to face with President Aquino. The businesswoman from Mindanao is now in the custody of the interior department. Will she name names? EDWIN BACASMAS “The President turned her over to the custody of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas and Philippine National Police Director-General Alan Purisima for processing and booking,” Lacierda said. Pre-empted The move pre-empted the National Bureau of Investigation Special Task Force that earlier got a hot tip on the Napoles’ whereabouts and was on its way to serve her warrant of arrest. Napoles specifically asked through her lawyer, Lorna Kapunan, that she be brought to Camp Crame and not to the NBI. Aquino motored to the PNP national headquarters to accept the surrender of Napoles and turned her over to Roxas. The President also met with Napoles’ husband, Jimmy. But the media was barred from the meeting. Unlike criminal suspects who are immediately presented to the media, the Presidential Security Group ordered the police not to allow journalists to enter the camp. There was no explanation why Napoles was shielded from the media. Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net/476623/napoles-surrenders-to-aquino-sources#ixzz2dK7HaO66 Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 03:02:21 +0000
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