MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Leila de Lima will remain in detention after a Muntinlupa City court denied her bail petition on Wednesday, only weeks after her acquittal on the second of three drug trafficking charges filed against her during the Duterte administration. In a 35-page resolution, Judge Romeo Buenaventura of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 256 said there was 'strong' evidence against De Lima and her co-accused, and 'there is great probability that the crime charged has been committed.

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