Ocular inspection of possible detention sites for Arroyo set Monday

POSSIBLE PRISON CELL A member of the media looks inside a room where former Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo might be detained inside a police compound in Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. A Philippine court handling her elections fraud case will soon decide whether to detain her in a government hospital, a special police detention facility or her residence while she faces trial. AP Photo/Aaron Favila

MANILA, Philippines–In addition to the spruced-up police library at the Southern Police District in Taguig City, the Veterans’ Memorial Center, the National Orthophedic Hospital are also slated for ocular inspection Monday as possible detention site for former President now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo, an official said.

Pasay City Sheriff Cordelio Buenviaje said the two hospitals in Quezon City were included in the list forinspection scheduled  this afternoon as directed for Judge Mupas of RTC 112, where Ms Arroyo faces charges of electoral sabotage for alleged fraud in 2007 election.

Aside from Buenviaje, Pasay RTC clerk of court Atty Joel Pelicano and select Pasay City policemen will form the team tasked by Mupas to inspect said facilities.

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