Philippine Court Orders Arrest of Prominent Critic of Rodrigo Duterte

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Soon after that testimony, Ms.
de Lima was removed from her post as chairwoman of that Senate panel.
After spending several hours at her Senate office, where she has immunity from arrest, Ms.
de Lima said Thursday night that she would go home to say goodbye to her family.
PhotoMANILA ? A Philippine court on Thursday ordered the arrest of a senator who had been the leading domestic critic of President Rodrigo Duterte and his bloody antidrug campaign, on charges that she took bribes from imprisoned drug traffickers.
President Duterte?s chief legal adviser, Salvador Panelo, said on Thursday that ?the law of karma finally caught up? with Ms.
de Lima.
De Lima?s arrest order came just days after a retired police officer said he had led the death squad in Davao that Mr.
Matobato described in his testimony last year, and that he had acted on the direct orders of the mayor, Mr.
Duterte.