Manila, Feb. 14 -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 95 to transfer former Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez from the Philippine National Police Custodial Center (PNPCC) in Camp Crame to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-run Special Intensive Care (SICA) jail in Bicutan, Taguig City.
In a motion dated Feb. 7 released on Friday, prosecutors led by Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera said Echavez's "continued detention at the PNPCC affords her special treatment as she is subjected to a different set of rules and procedures not afforded to all other detainees under the BJMP control".
Last December, the PNP Criminal Investigation and...