The Sandiganbayan’s First Division has acquitted former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Director Ma. Fatima Valdes of a P366-million plunder charge that was filed against her in connection with alleged misuse of PCSO funds.

Valdes, who arrived in the country last October from New Zealand and immediately surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation, was among those charged in 2012 along with former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and several others.

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