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00:00 Cedric Lee, one of the accused in the case of Serious Illegal Detention for Ransom,
00:05 who was convicted by the host, was already convicted.
00:08 But Lee will appeal the decision.
00:11 From NBI Quezon City, we have live report from Jamie Santos.
00:15 Jamie.
00:16 Macky Atom, Cedric Lee was convicted in the case of NBI tonight
00:26 after the Regional Trial Court dismissed his sentence.
00:31 NBI followed Lee to a place in Mandaluyong after their conversation.
00:41 It was only yesterday that NBI found out the court's sentence for Lee
00:46 and his accomplices, they made efforts on how to get the accused.
00:52 Lee sent a message to them that he wants to surrender to NBI.
00:58 When it comes to NBI's arrest, Lee went under the booking process.
01:03 He also went under the medical and dental procedure.
01:06 Tomorrow morning, NBI will return the warrant to the court and wait for his decision.
01:12 Lee will appeal in the Court of Appeal, which is a case of no criminal offense.
01:17 He contacted us himself. There was an intermediary and he gave us the numbers.
01:26 We exchanged the numbers and talked to Cedric Lee.
01:30 He will be here temporarily because we cannot return the warrant tonight.
01:35 There are no elements of crime.
01:38 The elements of illegal detention are one by one.
01:41 We didn't detain him for more than three days, just a few minutes with the purpose of bringing him to the police.
01:51 We never inflicted any serious physical injuries.
01:55 His doctor testified.
01:57 There was no ransom. He admitted it himself.
01:59 We didn't ask for money from him to release him.
02:02 He offered damages to the police station.
02:06 [car passing]
02:11 Maki, Lee will remain here temporarily in NBI's custody while waiting for the commitment order.
02:18 That's the latest from Quezon City. Back to you, Maki.
02:21 Thank you very much, Jamie Santos.
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