Published February 5, 2021, 2:53 PM
The Sandiganbayan has ordered the government’s forfeiture of the more than P120 million worth of property of former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Comptroller Lt. General Jacinto C. Ligot and members of his family after it declared that the money used to purchase them was unlawfully acquired.
Sandiganbayan (MANILA BULLETIN)
The 70-page decision written by Associate Justice Bayani H. Jacinto and concurred in Associate Justices Alex L. Quiroz and Lorifel L. Pahimna stated:
“Wherefore, in view of the foregoing, judgment is rendered granting in part the petition filed by the Republic of the Philippines against the respondents Lt. Gen. Jacinto Castillo Ligot, Erlinda Yambao Ligot, Paulo Yambao Ligot, Riza Yambao Ligot, and Miguela Ligot-Paragas.