2 months after indictment, Peter Lim still at large

Philippine authorities have failed to capture alleged drug lord Peter Go Lim two months after he was indicted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading.

On Wednesday, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the DOJ has "no lead on Lim so far."

Police earlier did not find Lim in his two addresses in Cebu City.

State prosecutors filed charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 against the Cebu-based businessman in August.

Lim's co-accused, confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa and Espinosa's former aide Marcelo Adorco, who were already under government custody prior to the latest indictment, were arraigned on the same month.

Two counts of violation of Section 26(b) - conspiracy - in relation to Section 5 - sale, trading administration, etc of dangerous drugs - of Republic Act No. 9165 were filed against them at the Makati Regional Trial Court.

The case involved two alleged transactions at a Makati mall and excluded those which allegedly took place in Thailand, where the Philippine Justice Department has no jurisdiction.

In deciding to indict the businessman, a panel of DOJ prosecutors deemed sufficient Espinosa's admission before the Senate and Adorco's positive identification of Lim as one of the former's drug suppliers. — Nicole-Anne C. Lagrimas/RSJ, GMA News