THE Court of Appeals (CA) has ruled that businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, the alleged pork barrel scam architect, must stay in jail for illegally detaining whistleblower Benhur Luy.

The ruling came after the appellate court junked a motion for reconsideration filed by Napoles that sought her release from jail and the dropping of criminal charges against her for the crime of serious illegal detention.

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