Garcia acquitted of perjury rap

April 22, 2008  --  Got something to say?
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The Sandiganbayan Second Divison April 10 acquitted retired Major General Carlos Garcia, former Armed Forces of the Philippines comptroller, of the crime of perjury. Garcia, a former military comptroller alleged to have amassed P303 million in unexplained wealth, was earlier convicted by a court martial in December 2006 and sentenced to imprisonment, hard labor, and forfeiture of his retirement benefits.

A guilty decision on the perjury cases would have bolstered plunder charges filed against Garcia by government prosecutors following discovery of his alleged ill-gotten wealth. The perjury case at the second division of the Sandiganbayan is one of the last three perjury cases against Garcia. In 2006, he was acquitted in another perjury case also involving asset declarations. The perjury cases stemmed from his alleged failure to fully disclose his net worth in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth for the years 1997, 1998, and 2000.


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