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Sandiganbayan reverses Pichay conviction over chess match sponsorship
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 3) The Sandiganbayan acquitted Surigao del Sur 1st District Rep. Prospero Pichay Jr. and two others in a graft case involving a 2010 chess sponsorship grant when they were officials at the Local Water Utilities Administration.
In a 24-page ruling dated March 1, the anti-graft court overturned its previous guilty verdict against Pichay, Emmanuel Malicdem and Wilfredo Feleo for lack of evidence. Pichay was former chairman of the LWUA Board of Trustees, while Malicdem and Feleo were ex-officials.
“Upon re-evaluation of the records of the case, the court finds no sufficient evidence to prove that the extension by LWUA of the 2010 sponsorship grant to NCFP (National Chess Federation of the Philippines) necessitated the approval of accused Pichay’s office,” the Sandiganbayan said.