A local doctor accused of being a leader of a Maoist rebel group and held in jail for 40 days has been freed after a judge threw out the case, her family said.
Maria Natividad Castro, 53, was arrested at her Manila home on Feb 18 on the basis of a 2020 court order for her to be tried on kidnapping charges.
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