NOBODY but the warden of the Makati City Jail (MCJ) has the 'final word' on the proposed transfer to an ordinary detention cell of detained businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged mastermind in the P10 billion pork barrel fund scam.

According to lawyer Diosfa Valencia, clerk of court of the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 150, the court must hear first the petition on the proposed transfer of Napoles back to the MCJ.

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