3-day tryst for convicted Misamis Oriental mayor?
February 17, 2003 | 12:00am
Convicted Misamis Oriental Mayor Rey Yap reportedly had a three-day vacation from detention at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa City last January.
Yap was allowed by the Sandiganbayans Fifth Division to undergo a medical check-up at the Parañaque Medical Center on Jan. 25. He was to be accompanied by the courts sheriff and a Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) guard and was ordered to be back at the penitentiary at 3 p.m. on the same day. But a source told The STAR that while Yap did check into the hospital for the day, he came back to the NBP three days later.
A copy of the NBP official pass form obtained by The STAR indicated that an unidentified jailguard posted at the penitentiarys Gate 1 made a handwritten note that Yap went out at 12:50 p.m. and came back at 12:20 a.m. on Jan. 28. The source said that Yap reportedly made a quick trip to his home province.
The STAR tried but failed to reach BuCor Director Ricardo Macala for his comment.
Yap, who was convicted for the murder of a political rival, was charged recently by the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) for possession of counterfeit money, which was discovered in a raid two weeks ago by the law enforcers.
Yap has denied the charge and claimed that he was being set up to be liquidated by his political opponents.
Yap was allowed by the Sandiganbayans Fifth Division to undergo a medical check-up at the Parañaque Medical Center on Jan. 25. He was to be accompanied by the courts sheriff and a Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) guard and was ordered to be back at the penitentiary at 3 p.m. on the same day. But a source told The STAR that while Yap did check into the hospital for the day, he came back to the NBP three days later.
A copy of the NBP official pass form obtained by The STAR indicated that an unidentified jailguard posted at the penitentiarys Gate 1 made a handwritten note that Yap went out at 12:50 p.m. and came back at 12:20 a.m. on Jan. 28. The source said that Yap reportedly made a quick trip to his home province.
The STAR tried but failed to reach BuCor Director Ricardo Macala for his comment.
Yap, who was convicted for the murder of a political rival, was charged recently by the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) for possession of counterfeit money, which was discovered in a raid two weeks ago by the law enforcers.
Yap has denied the charge and claimed that he was being set up to be liquidated by his political opponents.
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