Saturday, September 15, 2007 (Philippines)

Bernard Liu (center) leaves the Cebu City Jail flanked by Councilor Jun Pe (right) and Rep. Antonio Cuenco. Cuenco was chairman of the House committee on illegal drugs when Liu and Ananias Dy testified in an inquiry last August 2002.(Sun.star photo/Arni Aclao) BERNARD Liu, who testified against two Cebu businessmen in a House committee investigation on illegal drugs, is now out of jail and is thinking of suing those responsible for his detention. Cebu Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Fortunato de Gracia granted his demurrer to evidence, a pleading for the court to dismiss the case for lack of proof. But Liu is not yet considered a free man, in the truest sense of the word. [full story]