Aug 302013
 
Court orders Napoles transfer to Fort Sto. Domingo in Laguna

A Makati court has approved the transfer of controversial businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles from the Makati City Jail to Fort Sto. Domingo in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, a tweet from radio dzBB said Friday. Napoles’s camp asked for her transfer for “safety reasons.” Napoles, detained in connection with a serious illegal detention case, spent the night at the Makati City Jail after surrendering to President Benigno Aquino III Wednesday night. The alleged mastermind in a P10-billion pork barrel scam, Napoles was first brought to Camp Crame in Quezon City after her surrender. She was brought to Makati City Jail on Thursday night. Among known personalities who had been detained at Fort Sto. Domingo were former President Joseph Estrada and his son Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Nur Misuari, and Sen. Gringo Honasan. — KBK, GMA News