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Sandiganbayan convicts Sajid Ampatuan over P16-M ghost procurements

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The anti-graft court sentences Ampatuan to six to 10 years for graft charges, and 10 to 18 years for malversation of public funds – a total of 16 to 28 years.

MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan, the country’s anti-graft court, convicted former Maguindanao governor Datu Sajid Islam Ampatuan of corruption charges over the ghost procurements of food supplies amounting to P16.32 million.

Aside from Ampatuan, the anti-graft court also convicted former Maguindanao budget official Datu Ali Abpi of the the same charges. He was also sanctioned with the same jail time. In addition, the Sandiganbayan also ordered the two to pay a fine amounting to P16,316,559 – equivalent to the amount they had malversed.

Although the former Maguindanao governor disowned his signatures in the disbursement vouchers, the anti-graft court noted that the defense failed to present any evidence proving that the transactions were legitimate.

 

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