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Of course, we know the senator won’t like this one bit.
“Prosecutors from the Office of the Ombudsman have asked the Sandiganbayan to immediately freeze the assets of Sen. Bong Revilla, saying the detained senator might ‘conceal, remove or dispose of his properties’ following the court’s denial of his bail petition,” reports Marlon Ramos in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
In a motion it filed on Tuesday, Jan 20, the prosecution said Revilla “might use his position as ‘a powerful and influential political figure’ to prevent the government from confiscating his properties should the antigraft court’s first division order a forfeiture of his assets.”
The prosecution also pointed out that it was “prudent and necessary” for the Sandiganbayan to secure Revilla’s bank deposits, cars, real estate properties and other assets after its denial of his bail petition made a “categorical, albeit preliminary, finding of strong evidence of guilt” against the senator.
The report noted: “Revilla is accused of pocketing P224.5 million of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), which he allegedly funneled into the bogus foundations of suspected pork barrel racket brains Janet Lim-Napoles.”
Revilla, along with co-accused Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, has been detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center at Camp Crame since June last year following their indictment for plunder and graft charges.
Their co-accused, Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, is being held at PNP General Hospital for the same offense.
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