SC orders start of trial proceedings in Chingkoe, Andutan tax fraud case | Joel R. San Juan

THE Supreme Court has given the Sandiganbayan the go-signal to proceed with the trial and disposition of the graft and estafa charges filed against textile company owner Grace Chingkoe and a former official of the Department of Finance in connection with the multimillion-peso tax credit scam more than two decades ago.

Andutan was the former deputy executive director of the One-Stop-Shop Inter-Agency Tax Credit and Duty Drawback Center of the Department of Finance . “For failing to follow the rules and sleeping on their right for almost six years, thereafter waiting until the information were filed with the respondent, after finding out that the cases against the other accused were dismissed on the basis of their violation of their right to speedy disposition of cases, petitioners evidently failed to timely assert their right to speedy disposition of cases. They are deemed to have assented to the delay,” it added.

The petitioners, according to the Court, also failed to show that they have the same arguments and evidence and that they went through the same proceedings but the outcome was different. The Ombudsman claimed the Chingkoes conspired with government officials in causing the issuance of the tax credit certificates in favor of Filstar, even if it is not qualified to receive tax credit incentives under the Omnibus Investment Code of 1987.

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