THE Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to overturn the Court of Appeals order for the release of drug suspect Joanne Urbina who languished in jail for more than five years without a case filed against her in court.

In a 28-page petition for review on certiorari dated June 17, the OSG said the CA erred in entertaining Urbina’s petition for habeas corpus and certiorari after an information was filed against her at the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on May 9, 2013.

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