A YouTube video is claiming without basis that opposition Sen. Leila De Lima, who is seeking re-election in the May polls, has passed away.
CLAIM: YouTube channel Banat Trending News posted a video with the title: JUST IN! SAWAKAS PDUTERTE! SEN. DELIMA CONFIRMED! PUMANA4AW NA?
RATING: This is false.
What it left out
“[Senator] Leila is alive and well, despite being unjustly detained for more than five years now,” her media relations officer Jet Bellen said in a message to Philstar.com.
De Lima has regularly been sending hand-written dispatches from her detention cell in Camp Crame. She sent out a dispatch on March 15 on the red-tagging of supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo.
Her team also continues to campaign for her in campaign caravans as part of the slate of Robredo and Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan.
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