Napoles transferred to Makati City Jail

Alleged pork-barrel scam operator Janet Lim-Napoles was transferred to the Makati City Jail from the Philippine National Police’s headquarters at Camp Crame on Thursday evening.   At around 11:21 p.m., Napoles, wearing a flak or bullet-proof vest and surrounded by battle-dressed police officers, was immediately rushed through the jail's gates upon alighting from the PNP bus that took her to Makati. Waiting for Napoles' arrival at the Makati City Jail were Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, and Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte. Roxas said Napoles would not be housed with the jail's general population. She would be placed in an unused office in the jail. PNP spokesman Senior Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac earlier said Napoles was calm and ready to go to the Makati City Jail. Napoles was given a medical examination before being transferred. Napoles had surrendered to President Benigno S.C. Aquino III on Wednesday night ending a two-week search of the fugitive, who was ordered arrested by a Makati Court over a serious detention case involving whistleblower Benhur Luy.   After the businesswoman’s surrender at Malacañang, she was moved to Camp Crame.   Napoles was implicated in the P10 billion pork barrel scam that ran for about a decade. Lawmakers’ Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), infamously known as the pork barrel, was allegedly funneled to JLN Corp. owned by Napoles, which distributed the money to bogus nongovernment organizations. — Rouchelle R. Dinglasan/DVM, GMA News