MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court on Monday allowed former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to be detained temporarily in an upscale hospital suite on electoral fraud charges while her lawyers battle to get her released.
More than a dozen left-wing activists protested the ruling and demanded the 64-year-old Arroyo be locked up like a common suspect in jail. A special air-conditioned cell complete with a living room and a small kitchen has been prepared for Arroyo at police headquarters.
President Benigno Aquino III's administration has not opposed a hospital detention and has ordered Arroyo treated with respect.
Arroyo's lawyer Ferdinand Topacio accused the …
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