THE Court of Appeals (CA) has slammed the Office of the Ombudsman for imposing the wrong penalty on a senior officer of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) who had unlawfully transferred ownership of a vehicle in 2005.
In an 11-page decision penned by Associate Justice Nina Antonio-Valenzuela and concurred in by Associate Justices Vicente Veloso and Jane Aurora-Lantion, the CA’s 10th Division found that Edgardo Chan, Senior Transportation Regulation Officer of the LTO, was only liable for simple neglect of duty in connection with the transfer of ownership of the vehicle.
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