Several individuals on late Friday night allegedly barged into the detention room of Vice President Sara Duterte’s chief of staff, Zuleika Lopez, at the House of Representatives.
Lopez broke into tears when she held an unexpected midnight press conference, saying several men went into her room in the middle of the night and planned to confiscate her phone.
Lopez was also asked to read something—which was an order of her immediate transfer to Mandaluyong City from Quezon City—but she refused to do so.
READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/11/23/sara-s-chief-of-staff-says-several-individuals-barged-into-her-detention-room-in-the-middle-of-the-night
Lopez broke into tears when she held an unexpected midnight press conference, saying several men went into her room in the middle of the night and planned to confiscate her phone.
Lopez was also asked to read something—which was an order of her immediate transfer to Mandaluyong City from Quezon City—but she refused to do so.
READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/11/23/sara-s-chief-of-staff-says-several-individuals-barged-into-her-detention-room-in-the-middle-of-the-night
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00:00Oh, kasi kanina by 12 o'clock, nearly 12 o'clock, they just barged into my room and there were like nine men, mainly female, tapos may camera.
00:10And then the woman called, then was looking for me.
00:14And then ang sabi niya, una niya sinabi was that, to get my phone, to get my phone.
00:19Tapos Nicole is here, my assistant, because I requested, I requested from the chairman,
00:25si Chairman Chua, to request, to give me, give me a companion because I cannot stay here.
00:33I cannot sleep. Parang it's, it's causing me so much anxiety and stress.
00:38So I requested and kanina, he allowed. This morning, this afternoon, he allowed.
00:43And then suddenly, they just come in the room, kasi the door, kasi here, it locks from the outside.
00:49So you cannot lock it back from the inside. They're free to come and go.
00:54So they just went there, went inside, and then pinilit nila kami to turn over our phone to them.
01:03Tapos nung one day, got our phones, ang sabi niya, what is it?
01:08Are you still there?
01:10We put out the lighting because they're all outside parang waiting.
01:15And then binasa niya sakin, tapos I got a copy and then nakita ko all the way sa baba,
01:21they're bringing me, they're bringing me to the women's correctional and they're serving it in the middle of the night and all nine people.
01:29I'm just a, you know, a small person.
01:33They just, I mean, alam mo, I am a person.
01:40I went to the hearing in good faith.
01:43I came back from LA.
01:46I sat there, answered their questions.
01:51For nine hours.
01:53And I know they did not do anything that was contemptuous or contempt.
01:59But I did, I sat there and I listened to their order of contempt.
02:04I requested, I did an apology.
02:06And then, ang sabi po nila, I just have to do an MR.
02:11And I did an MR, but they did not rule on it.
02:14And then suddenly they have an order transferring me.
02:18Ang nauna naman na order na finail ng lawyers namin was an MR to lift that order of contempt.
02:25Because they said that was the procedure.
02:28If they were not able to rule on that, how were they able to come up with an order to transfer me to the women's correctional in the dead of the night?
02:38I mean, bakit ganun?
02:40Wala na bang rights yung mga tao?
02:42They just give you your room and then just get...
02:45I don't know.
02:47All I know is that I am not an accused of any crime.
02:51I am just a person detained here for five days until the hearing ng Monday.
02:58I have been trying to cooperate to the very best of my ability.
03:02So I do not understand why they just go to your room, get your phones, and then just tell you that they will move you to a women's correctional at 12 o'clock.
03:12Ang bak, meron pa bang batas yan?
03:14Don't people get rights anymore?
03:18I am a person and I am trying to cooperate.
03:23And then they just move me there.
03:25Alam naman nila, I am a chronic back concern.
03:31Tapos kanina binayagan ako ni Chairman Chua sa mga request ko.
03:37They change everything and then they come up with an order when they were not able to rule on my MR.
03:46I don't understand.
03:48I did not do anything.
03:52I am not leaving this room.
03:54I am a detainee here.
03:56Here in the House of Representatives detention facility for five days until the hearing on Monday.
04:04Nobody can just come in here and demand to transfer me in the middle of the night.
04:09I have my rights.
04:11I am not accused of any crime.
04:14I am not leaving this room.