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MANILA, Philippines—Members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces guarding businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles in Fort Sto. Domingo in Laguna have been pulled out from her detention cell to secure Moro rebels jailed in Bicutan.
Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac, PNP Public Information Office chief, said Tuesday that the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology sought for police augmentation forces to guard more than 250 Moro National Liberation Front inmates at Bicutan jail in Taguig.
The MNLF inmates, who were arrested for involvement in the Zamboanga siege last September, were transported from Zamboanga to Bicutan.
Napoles is currently detained at Fort Sto. Domingo, the training camp of over 200 PNP SAF trainees, in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. She was detained for the illegal detention charges filed by pork barrel scam whistle-blower Benhur Luy.
According to Sindac, one platoon, or 30 personnel, from the Calabarzon Regional Public Safety Battalion will replace SAF manning Napoles’ cell.
Asked if the security of Napoles would be compromised due to the pulling out of SAF, the PNP PIO chief said RPSB personnel also have the capability to provide sufficient security as they are also “highly-trained.”
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