Aguirre To Bring Inmate Jaybee Sebastian To House Panel Hearing

On Sunday, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre I confirmed that convicted drug lord Jaybee Sebastian would attend the next hearing regarding the proliferation of illegal drug trade inside the New Blibid Prison on October 5, 2016.

Over a radio inteview with dzBB, Secretary Aguirre said that he is required to bring Sebastian to Congress as a compulsory process and there's no subpoena issued against the inmate.

“Compulsary process iyon e. Actually hindi subpoena e. Ako ang nire-require as head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) kaya parang kasi suspended ang political rights ng ilang prisoners eh so wala silang karapatan na tanggihan ang mga iyon," Aguirre said over a radio interview with dzBB.

Recently, Senator Leila de Lima claimed that Jaybee Sebastian was a government asset under the Aquino administration inside the Bilibid who provided the information of drug transactions inside. The information leads to a raid where drugs and other illegal items were seized from the inmates.

This is also the reason why Jaybee Sebastian was not transferred to National Bureau of Investigations together with the Bilibid 19 because he might get killed in there and not because he (Jaybee) was favored.

Aguirre said that the House probe into the alleged NBP drug trade was rescheduled to October 5 because he was asked by President Rodrigo Duterte to accompany him to Vietnam from September 27 to 30.

Source: Philstar