WATCH: “I’m really sorry, natakot ako sa kanila” ex-BuCor OIC Rafael Ragos tells former Sen. Leila de Lima. Ragos has withdrawn his previous testimonies against De Lima. They met again at the Muntinlupa RTC today for a hearing on De Lima’s remaining drug charges.
Along the corridor outside court today, former Bureau of Corrections OIC Rafael Ragos can be heard apologizing to ex-PH Senator Leila de Lima. He had recanted testimony implicating De Lima in the illegal drug trade, and said he was forced to testify vs. the senator.
Former corrections bureau chief Rafael Ragos told a Muntinlupa court on Friday that he was coerced into signing prepared affidavits on three occasions in 2016 and 2017 falsely accusing former Sen. Leila de Lima of receiving bribes from drug lords at the national penitentiary.
On the Twitter account of former Senator Leila De Lim post, “With Truth on my side and with prayers and deepened Faith as my weapon, I fear no one. I smell freedom and vindication. Please, dear Lord.”
