Filipina jailed under Sosma gets bail after all

Grateful: Sanchez (left) feeling thankful with Rakhbir after being granted bail by the High Court in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: A Filipina widow held under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) for two months was in tears after the High Court here overturned a lower court’s decision and allowed bail.

Kota Kinabalu High Court judge Christopher Chin Soo Yin granted bail to Divina Gutierez Sanchez, 46, after hearing submissions from both the prosecution and defence.