Former Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, former Speaker Prospero Nograles and former lawmakers Candido Pancrudo Jr. and Thomas Dumpit Jr. face preliminary investigation at the Office of the Ombudsman for alleged misuse of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel totaling P163.2 million.

“​The filing of this set of complaints is the result of the field investigation conducted on the PDAF scam as early as July 2013 when Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales motu propio initiated a fact-finding investigation in response to news reports on the pork barrel scam exposé,” the Office of the Ombudsman said in a statement on Thursday.

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