Ex-PCGG chair absuwelto

Pinawalang-sala ng Sandiganbayan Fourth Division si dating Presidential Commission on Good Government chairman Camilo Sabio sa kasong graft at malversation of public funds.
Sa 37 pahinang desisyon, sinabi ng korte na hindi nakapagpakita ng sapat na batayan ang prosekusyon upang mapatunayan ang kaso.
“Wherefore, premises considered, and for insufficiency of evidence engendering reasonable doubt, judgement is hereby rendered acquitting herein accused,” saad ng desisyon.
Kinasuhan ng Ombudsman si Sabio noong Hunyo 2011 kaugnay ng paggamit umano ng P12 milyon sa mga nabawing pera mula sa pamilya Marcos sa halip na ibalik sa Bureau of Treasury.
Ginastos umano ang bahagi ng pera sa biyahe ni Sabio sa Kuala Lumpur.
“Misappropriation or conversion of funds by Sabio is too gray an area to consider in both cases …particularly when we consider the material testimonies of prosecution witness [PCGG cashier officer Primitiva] Millado that on the face of the checks, there is no showing that accused endorsed or deposited the checks in his name or in his account, as in fact, she does not know whether accused Sabio received those checks,” saad ng desisyon.
Naniniwala si Sabio na siya ay kinasuhan dahil sa kanyang kaugnayan sa Arroyo administration.