Ex-AFP chief Abadia told to give up P11M in ill-gotten wealth
MANILA - The Supreme Court has affirmed a Sandiganbayan ruling ordering former Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Lisandro Abadia and his wife to turn over more than P11 million in ill-gotten wealth. In its ruling, the Court's Third Division said: "After a review of the records and finding no reversible error, the Court resolves to deny the petition and affirm the Sandiganbyan decision dated June 5, 2013 and its resolution dated September 18, 2013 in Civil Case 0195 which stated that petitioners were guilty of having unexplained wealth amounting to P11,262,876.01 which should have been forfeited in favor of the State." Abadia served as AFP chief of staff from 1991 to 1994. MORNINGS@ANC, November 27, 2013
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