An internal panel of investigators that probed a P1.2-billion helicopter acquisition project has cleared key Defense department officials who were suspected of involvement in the allegedly anomalous transaction.

This was revealed to members of the House Committee on National Defense and Security in a recent hearing by Defense Undersecretary Pio Lorenzo Batino, who headed the panel.

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