DOJ to probe other politicians in pork scam

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II intends to find out which active and former government officials should have been charged in connection with the pork barrel scam but got excluded from being charged. President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a revisiting of the scheme involving pork scam brains Janet Lim Napoles. Aguirre explained that the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the previous administration has been selective as to which politician should have been charged. “Ang alam ko sinupress ng DOJ yung evidence against the others (I know that the DOJ before had suppressed evidence against the others,” he stated. Aguirre questioned why Napoles surrendered to then President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III in Malacanang on August 28, 2013 and was even accompanied by then Interior and Local Governments Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas II to Camp Crame. At that time, a Makati court had issued an arrest warrant against her concerning a serious illegal detention [...]