Senate panel to discuss Pharmally director Ong's release after wife's appealMANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:37 p.m.) — Sen. Richard Gordon, who chairs the Blue Ribbon Committee, said the panel will discuss the release of Pharmally director Linconn Ong, who is currently detained at the Pasay City jail, after his wife made the appeal for humanitarian reasons. Partial committee report readyLinconn, who has been detained for more than five months, should have already been released from incarceration, Summer said, citing information from her lawyers. "[A]s my lawyers have told me, upon the release of the full report of the Senate, my husband should have been released from his incarceration. However, Sen. Gordon has deemed it necessary to keep him imprisoned even without a crime proven or a case filed by issuing a partial Senate report," Summer said. I appeal to your heart as parents, as spouses, and good Senators of the Philippines to please free my husband," Summer said.

Source: Philippine Star February 18, 2022 19:47 UTC