BEIJING--President Rodrigo Duterte would order officials of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to explain why they truncated the sentences and authorized the release of nearly 2,000 prisoners serving time for heinous crimes for supposed good behavior, according to Sen. Christopher Lawrence Go. Go, Mr. Duterte's former long-time aide, said the President was not aware that a total of 1,914 prisoners, among them convicted drug lords, had left the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City since 2014 due to a law that reduces jail terms of convicts for good conduct. The senator was part of the Chief Executive's delegation in his five-day official visit in the Chinese capital. ...
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