The prosecution has asked the Sandiganbayan’s Sixth Division to order the suspension of newly elected Pangasinan 5th District Rep. Amado Espino Jr., pending litigation of graft cases filed against him and several others for allegedly authorizing two unqualified firms to extract black sand in the Lingayen Gulf area in 2011.

Espino, who is out on bail, was governor of Pangasinan at the time the alleged irregularity was committed.

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