Even at detention she has proven time and time
again she will not be silenced.
Detained opposition senator has slammed China for
its ‘pathetic’ treatment of former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales.
“Those tense hours of not knowing their fate,
detained for a cause that they do not know, is the closest experience to
torture that they could have,” said De Lima in a dispatched letter from Camp
Crame.
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| ex-Ombudsman Conchita Morales , inset is detained Senator Leila de Lima (photo credit to owner) |
Carpio-Morales was detained, and the only reason the Hong Kong officials said is that she is being considered as a “security threat”
De Lima slams China in its treatment with Morales,
a country not exactly known known for its sterling human rights record ,
whether for its occupied subjects, its national minorities, or even its own
citizens,” she wrote.
Last March along side with former Department of
Foreign Affairs secretary Albert del Rosario filed a communication with the
International Criminal Court (ICC) for “crimes against humanity” committed at
the expense of China’s reclamation activities on the West Philippine Sea.
The opposition senator has been detained in Camp
Crame since February 2017, for the charges filed against her in connection with
the trade of illegal drugs, which was rampant during her stint as the
Department of Justice head.
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