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HAYDEN KHO LICENSE STILL DEAD

THE Court of Appeals’ (CA) upheld a Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) decision revoking the professional license of controversial Hayden Kho, former physician of the Belo Medical Group, Inc. (BMGI). In a ruling, the appellate court eigth Division junked Kho’s petition seeking reversal of the August 22, 2011 decision of the commission stemming from an administrative case against him. In a 17-page decision penned by Associate Justice Edwin Sorongon, it affirmed the ruling against Kho finding him guilty of immorality, dishonorable and/or unethical conduct. The Board of Medicine issued a decision on November 20, 2009 against and it denied Kho’s motion for reconsideration on February 8, 2010. Movie and television actress Katrina Halili filed the administrative case against Kho in 2009 after their sex video went viral in the Internet. JOMAR CANLAS