Anti-graft court cites insufficient evidence to return late dictator's allegedly ill-gotten wealth. FMTNews
Late Philipine leader’s wife Imelda Marcos was a four-term congresswoman.
The country’s anti-graft court decided in favour of the Marcoses for the fourth time since August, with judges ruling that photocopied documents could not be used as evidence, so the case would not proceed. The case lodged by the Presidential Commission on Good Government had sought the return of 200 billion pesos it said was tied up in equities, numerous local and foreign banks and real estate at home and in the United States and United Kingdom.In a 58-page verdict, the court “acknowledged the atrocities committed during martial law under the Marcos regime and the ‘plunder’ committed on the country’s resources”.
The same court dismissed similar cases against the family in August, September and October, all for lack of evidence.
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