Published January 27, 2021, 1:23 PM
Former Philippine National Railways (PNR) General Manager Manuel Dinamarca Andal has been found guilty by the Sandiganbayan of two counts of graft in connection with the irregular contracts he entered into with Pandol Korea Limited and Nikka Trading back in 2009.
MANILA BULLETIN FILE
He was sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment of eight years and one month as minimum to 12 years as maximum for each of the graft charges or a total of 16 to 24 years imprisonment, with perpetual disqualification from holding public office.
Andal was likewise ordered to indemnify the government with P86,505,000.
His first graft charge stemmed from the procurement of 170,000 sets of rail fastenings and 50,000 pieces of clips and insulators from Pandol Korea on May 21, 2009 through direct contracting.