The Sandiganbayan's Third Division has acquitted former Mayor Wilfredo Balais of Labason town, Zamboanga del Norte, in a graft case in connection with purchase of heavy equipment and machinery in 1999.
The division’s Clerk of Court, Dennis Pulma, read the dispositive portion of the ruling acquitting Balais and his co-accused, Emily Rose Ko Lim Chao, after the prosecution failed to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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