Detained businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles has asked the Supreme Court to grant her petition for bail as the prosecution has failed to present a "strong" plunder case against her.

Napoles, who has been accused of masterminding the multibillion-peso scam involving several lawmakers' Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel, has asked the high court to reverse the decision of the Sandiganbayan Third Division on October 16, 2015 and on March 2, 2016 in a motion for reconsideration denying her petition for bail.

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