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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 5) — The Sandiganbayan's fourth division has ruled that retired Lt. Gen. Jacinto Castillo Ligot, former military comptroller, "unlawfully acquired" over ₱102 million worth of properties which are now ordered forfeited in favor of the government.
In a 70-page decision promulgated on Wednesday, the anti-graft court said Ligot and his family failed to prove the assets they acquired from 2001 to 2004 were out of their lawful income. These include condominium units, houses, pieces of land, and investments in the Armed Forces and Police Savings and Loan Association, which were either under Ligot's name or the names of his family members. While they denied purchasing some of the properties, they did not present evidence to back their claims, according to the decision penned by Associate Justice Bayani Jacinto.