VACC hits ‘special treatment’ of de Lima

AN anti-crime advocacy group on Monday criticized the alleged special treatment being given to Sen. Leila de Lima, who is detained on drug trafficking charges at the custodial center of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Camp Crame that hosts VIP detainees.

In a three-page letter to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) said the equal protection clause of the Constitution must be employed in de Lima’s case, meaning she should be placed in a regular jail.