Boying Remulla wishes son ‘further redemption’ after acquittal in drug case

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said he did not have any hand in the Las Piñas Regional Trial Court's acquittal of his son Juanito III in the possession of illegal drugs case against him.

Remulla said he also wished his son "further redemption in the future."

The Las Piñas City RTC Branch 197 on Friday acquitted the secretary’s eldest son, saying that there was no clear evidence he had “freely, consciously, and with full knowledge possessed the alleged seized illegal drugs.”

“I did not interfere, in any way, with the process. I trusted the process, and I wish my son further redemption in the future,” Remulla said in an ambush interview.

“He has to make something out of his life. He had the right to be presumed innocent in the first place,” he added.

On October 11, Juanito III was nabbed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group in a controlled delivery operation at Talos Dos, Las Piñas City.

Seized from the operation was a parcel containing P1.3 million worth of suspected kush or high-grade marijuana.

Amid calls for his resignation after his son's arrest, Remulla said he would "not intervene" in his son's predicament.

Meanwhile, the resolution for the complaint for drug importation against Juanito Remulla remains pending at the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office.

For its part, PDEA said it will study the reasons behind the exoneration and will exercise due diligence in the conduct of similar operations in the future. —NB, GMA Integrated News