Malacañang on Tuesday said it hopes that the arrest of Ronnie Dayan, former driver of Senator Leila de Lima, would help uncover the truth about smuggling of illegal drugs.
“We welcome the arrest of Mr. Ronnie Dayan,” Assistant Secretary Marie Rafael-Banaag said in a message to media.
“We hope that Mr. Dayan’s arrest would lead to the uncovering of truth in the proliferation of drugs in Bilibid and for the guilty to be punished,” she said. “We owe this to the future generation of Filipinos to have a drug-free society.”
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Dayan has been tagged as the alleged bagman of De Lima, who is one of the most prominent critics of President Rodrigo Duterte, when she was still justice secretary.
An initial report from the police said he was arrested in La Union Tuesday morning. He was ordered arrested for refusing to attend a congressional hearing on the proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilibid Prison. RAM/rga