The Supreme Court (SC) has cleared former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante and other respondents of money laundering charges in connection with the P728 million fertilizer fund scam.
Before this, the Court of Appeals (CA) denied the government’s application to extend the freeze order issued in 2009 on Bolante’s bank deposits and investments. The government then petitioned the SC to nullify the CA resolution. The High Court dismissed the said petition.
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