00:00Vice President Sara Duterte's Chief of Staff Zulaica López is released from detention.
00:06This 10 days after she was cited in contempt by the House Committee investigating Duterte's
00:10alleged misuse of public funds.
00:13The House says López received her release order at 5.34 p.m. on Saturday.
00:17She was discharged from the hospital an hour after releasing the order.
00:21López was cited in contempt and ordered detained after the House Committee discovered she sent
00:26a letter to the Commission on Audit blocking the release of the Confidential Funds Report
00:30to lawmakers.
00:31Her detention was initially set for five days, but was extended by five more days on November
00:3625, with Deputy Minority Leader Franz Castro citing López's absence in the probe.
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