A team from the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group is now taking Senator Leila De Lima to Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court (RTC).
The arresting cops arrived to arrest the lawmaker in the Senate at 7 am.
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De Lima surrendered to them at past 8 am.
The arresting cops and De Lima left the Senate before 10 am.
De Lima stayed in the Senate on Thursday night.
The CIDG agreed last night with Senate Sergeant-at-arms General Jose Balajadia to effect the arrest at 10 am on Friday.
This is following De Lima's request that she did not want to go to jail at night.
She said she did not feel safe and secure leaving the chamber in the evening.
The warrant of arrest was issued by Muntinlupa RTC Judge Juanita Guerrero on Thursday before 4 pm.
De Lima had questioned that seemed to characterize the timing of the arrest.
But Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre says, the senator has no right to complain over the way events unfolded because she did not file a counter affidavit.
The PNP CIDG is now implementing the return of arrest warrant to the court.