Rosebud hits WPP delisting as DoJ chief’s gift to Lacson By Mario J. Mallari and Angie M. Rosales 09/07/2011

PING ALSO WANTS MANCAO OUT OF WITNESS PROGRAM

Rosebud hits WPP delisting as DoJ chief’s gift to Lacson

By Mario J. Mallari and Angie M. Rosales 09/07/2011

Controversial state witness Mary Ong, alias Rosebud, said the government has left her out in the cold after Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said Ong was stricken off the witness protection program (WPP), supposedly based on an assessment made by the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Isafp) that threats on her life have been reduced significantly.

Ong, nevertheless, said her nemesis Sen. Panfilo Lacson had a hand in her removal from government protection and said the Department of Justice (DoJ) made the decision to present her “to Ping as a gift.”
Lacson described Ong’s fears as “imagined threat.”

Lacson has been against the confirmation of De Lima in the powerful bi-cameral Commission on Appointments (CA) where Lacson is a member and had recently spelled out conditions for him to withdraw his opposition to De Lima’s posting..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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