THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered the filing of criminal charges against an official of the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) for making allegedly making false assertions in court, which deliberately withheld that it had obtained collateral for its loan to a local firm.

In an 18-page resolution dated Sept. 16 but was released to the media recently, it ruled there is probable cause for the filing of perjury case against Kathrina Sebastian, a senior SCB official who was the subject of a complaint filed in December by the Philippine Investment Two Inc. (PI Two).

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