Bong Revilla faces new risk in detention cell: overeating

After migraines and the heat, Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. faces a new possible health risk while in detention – overeating.

Revilla's wife Cavite Rep. Lani Mercado said this Sunday, even as she asked relatives to go easy on bringing food to her lawmaker husband.

"Sabi ko baka mag-gain ng pounds," Mercado said in an interview on dzBB radio, noting relatives had been bringing in food to the senator in his first two days in the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame.

Besides, she said too much food could attract cockroaches and rats, which she said they had seen inside the facility.

"Sa pagkain, sabi namin tama na, baka magsaya doon ang daga at ipis," she said.

For now, she said the senator has an exercise-yoga mat he can use to work out.

Revilla was detained at the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame Friday, hours after surrendering to the Sandiganbayan.

The anti-graft court had issued a warrant for his arrest based on graft and plunder charges stemming from the P10-billion pork barrel scam. Revilla had insisted he is innocent of the charges.

Meanwhile, Mercado said another concern is that her husband is alone in his detention cell, and is far from guards.

This could be a problem if he has a migraine attack or health problem, she said.

"Yan ang worry, 'pag wala siyang kasama at hindi niya matitimbrehan ang guard... malayo layo ang guard," she said. — Joel Locsin /LBG, GMA News