“On Thursday, May 29, the Sandiganbayan granted former Ilocos Sur Governor Chavit Singson permit to travel to Macau this month,” reports Jeffrey Damicog in Manila Bulletin.
The Sandiganbayan’s Third Division specified that Singson is not allowed to travel elsewhere and should return to the Philippines not later than June 1.
The report noted: “Singson has been charged with three counts of violating Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act 3019) and docketed under Criminal Case Nos. SB13CRM0946 to 0948. The Office of the Ombudsman had accused Singson of unlawfully granting in 2001 P16 million financial assistance to the Multi-line Food Processing International Inc. (MFPII) in violation of Commission on Audit (COA) Circular No. 95-003 since the entity was neither a non-government organization (NGO) nor people’s organization (PO). He was still governor during that time.”
