MANILA, Philippines—A poet-activist detained for more than a year in Samar for possession of explosives was temporarily freed by the court to undergo medical treatment at the National Kidney Center in Manila. The regional trial court (RTC) in Gandara, Samar finally granted a motion for a medical checkup filed by lawyers of former University of the Philippines student Ericson Acosta in July 2012, after the detainee displayed symptoms of serious renal problems. It took a visit by Public Attorney's Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta (no relation to the detainee), who arrived at the Calbayog sub-provincial jail with a medico-legal consultant and a paral...
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