Napoles stayed inside mom's mausoleum before surrendering to PNoy

Controversial businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles spent her last minutes of freedom inside a large mausoleum in Taguig City that not only houses her mother's tomb, but also served as venue for a grand Halloween party in the past.

According to Emil Sumangil's exclusive report on GMA News TV's “News To Go” on Friday, the air-conditioned granite mausoleum at the Heritage Memorial Park was where Napoles's mother, Magdalena Lim, was interred. It was where Malacañang officials picked her up on the night she surrendered.

Based on a GMA News video taken last All Saints' Day, the mausoleum was also used as a venue for a Halloween party, complete with an air-conditioned tent and overflowing food.

The report said Napoles, the alleged brains behind the P10-billion pork barrel scam, owns the 300-square-meter cemetery lot where the mausoleum was built. It said the lot amounts to P30 million at current market value.



The report also cited security logs from the cemetery showing that Napoles arrived at the area aboard a pick-up truck before 8 p.m. Wednesday, the night she surrendered to President Benigno Aquino III.

The security logs also stated that presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda's convoy arrived at the cemetery and went straight to the mausoleum at past 8 p.m, according to the television report.

The report added that the convoy left the area at past 9 p.m., which was consistent with Lacierda's account of the events leading to Napoles's arrest.

Napoles was ordered arrested over a serious illegal detention case involving the scam's supposed whistleblower. She surrendered late Wednesday night hours after Aquino offered a P10-million reward for her arrest.

Napoles is currently detained at the Makati City Jail, but will soon be transferred to Fort Sto. Domingo in Laguna after the Makati court handling her case granted her request. — Andreo C. Calonzo/KBK, GMA News