Cassandra Li Ong attends the hearing on human trafficking called by the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality and the Committee on Migrant Workers; and Public Order and Dangerous Drugs. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File

MANILA — The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group filed additional complaint-affidavits against Lucky South 99 representative Cassandra Li Ong, who is undergoing preliminary investigation at the Department of Justice for human trafficking.

Because of the supplemental complaints submitted by the PNP, the preliminary investigation was reset to November 18, 2024.

Asked about the additional affidavits submitted by the PNP, Ong's lawyer Raphael Andrada said he has yet to read the document.

"Earlier, it was supposed to be the submission of the counter-affidavits but the PNP-CIDG apparently had supplemental complaints to submit, unfortunately today the witnesses in the supplemental complaint of the PNP-CIDG were not present," Andrada said.

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Ong is still detained at the Correctional Institution for Women after the House of Representatives ordered her detention.

"It’s just about what you would expect under ordinary detention circumstances, she is being treated quite fairly there," Andrada said.

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