Court enters not guilty plea for Bong in plunder case. Senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. arrives at the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City on Thursday, June 26, for his arraignment for the the graft and plunder charges filed against him and several others in connection with the alleged P10-B pork barrel scam. He refused to enter a plea, prompting the anti-graft court to enter a not guilty plea for him. GMA News
The Philippine National Police on Thursday allowed visits to Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. at his detention facility at the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame until 7 p.m.
Regular visiting hours for detainees at the PNP Custodial Center are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursdays and Sundays.
PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac said this would make up for visiting hours eaten up when Revilla was arraignment at the Sandiganbayan, radio dzBB’s Tuesday Niu reported.
The report quoted Sindac as saying Revilla had returned to his detention facility past noon after he was arraigned in the morning.
Revilla is detained at the Custodial Center after the Sandiganbayan ordered his arrest on graft and plunder charges stemming from the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam.
Last weekend, Revilla’s family was allowed to visit him Friday and Saturday, and stay beyond 3 p.m. Sunday. The PNP had said this was an adjustment period for him, and that it would afterwards enforce the regular visiting hours for him.
Only lawyers, spiritual advisers and doctors have access to Revilla at any time. —NB, GMA News
