A RAID at the Philippines’ main prison has uncovered drug lords “living like kings” in luxury cells with stripper bars and jacuzzis.
The sex, drugs and bribery scandal has shocked a country inured to tales of official corruption.
The revelations were headline news, a day after police commandos swooped on the infamously crowded national penitentiary complex to verify reports that drug rings were in operation from behind bars.
Police found methamphetamine or “ice”, cash, guns, inflatable sex dolls, a stripper bar and a jacuzzi spread across 20 air-conditioned “villas” built for convicted drug dealers, according to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.
“It’s unfair that even after conviction, we’re still not sure that justice has been served,” added Teresita See, head of the Manila-based Movement for the Restoration of Peace and Order. (Rappler.com)