New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal information
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The New Bilibid Prison complex
The New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal is a criminal investigation and political scandal concerning allegations of government involvement in illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines. The allegations were made by President Rodrigo Duterte after announcing that the two top convicted drug lords in the country continued to run their drug rings from inside the national penitentiary with former administration officials and their local government cohorts as co-conspirators.[1][2] On August 25, 2016, Duterte released a drug matrix showing the structure of drug trafficking operations at the New Bilibid Prison and identified the two former top officials of the Department of Justice, the former provincial governor and board member of Pangasinan, and the former Bureau of Corrections director as being involved in the Bilibid narcotics trade.[3][4][5]
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^"Duterte releases illegal drug trade matrix at the New Bilibid Prison". GMA News. August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
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million during his stint from 1993 to 2004, is released from the NewBilibidPrison after serving time and earning good conduct time allowance credits...
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