Dismissed Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan engineer Henry Alcantara briefly left Senate detention on Monday after complaining of ‘chest discomfort.’
Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) Police Major Gen. Mao Aplasca disclosed this to reporters on Wednesday.
‘He complained of chest discomfort. So to check, he was brought to Pasay Medical Center for ECG and other confirmatory tests. But it was ruled only as muscle spasm,’ Aplasca said in a message to reporters.
After about two hours, Alcantara was brought back to the Senate.
‘He is very much normal up to today, and every day the Senate medical team is conducting regular checkups on all our detainees to monitor their status,’ Aplasca added.
Alcantara has been detained in the Senate along with two other former DPWH engineers, Brice Hernandez and Jaypee Mendoza, and contractor Pacifico ‘Curlee’ Discaya, in connection with the flood control projects scandal.
Several lawmakers, including former Senate President Francis Escudero and former House Speaker and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez, have also been accused of receiving multi-million-peso kickbacks allegedly in exchange for flood control projects. /jpv