MANILA, Philippines - Pork barrel scam whistleblower Bengur Lut arrived shortly before 9 a.m. Friday at the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 to take the stand as the prosecution's eighth and last witness against his cousin Janet Lim Napoles.
Luy had earlier lodged a case of serious illegal detention against Napoles.
Luy arrived at the courtroom wearing a bulletproof vest and surrounded by a number of armed escorts from the Witness Protection Program of the National Bureau of Investigation.