Trillanes denies involvement in Bilibid ‘stabbing’ incident

Senator Antonio Trillanes. AFP FILE PHOTO

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday denied allegations that he was involved in a stabbing incident at the New Bilbid Prison in September last year which resulted in the death of a Chinese drug lord and the wounding of several others.

Reacting to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II’s statement that someone from the Navy had tagged him and Sen. Leila de Lima in the stabbing incident, Trillanes said the allegations were “totally absurd.”

Aguirre said the allegations linking Trillanes and De Lima to the incident were not backed by sufficient evidence.

“I categorically deny any involvement in the stabbing incident of Jaybee Sebastian. Why would I even do that? It is totally absurd,” Trillanes said in a statement.

“Anyway, Aguirre and his gang better get their stories straight because we will have a full blown Senate inquiry to get the truth out,” he added.

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez earlier said someone might have wanted Jaybee Sebastian silenced to prevent him from testifying at the congressional inquiry into drug proliferation at the national penitentiary. JE/rga