Bilibid inmate Jaybee Sebastian, key prison drug trade witness, dies of COVID-19
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MANILA, Philippines — High profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian died on Saturday due to COVID-19.
Sources say that a few weeks ago, Sebastian was taken to Site Harry, a COVID-19 facility inside the New Bilibid Prison, after showing symptoms of the virus.
No autopsy was conducted. His body was immediately cremated at around 9 in the evening at a crematorium in Dasmariñas, Cavite.
IN THE KNOW: Jaybee Sebastian
Sebastian, who was convicted of kidnapping-for-ransom and carjacking in 2009, was the key witness in the Bilibid drug trade. These cases are now pending before three branches of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court.
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