• 5 years ago
Ruby Tuason, one of the accused in the plunder case in connection to the pork barrel scam, on Friday went to the Office of the Ombudsman to reaffirm her sworn statement which details her involvement in the anomaly. Tuason's lawyer, Dennis Manalo, earlier said that his client's sworn statement is a "lengthy discussion of her involvement" in the P10 billion pork barrel scam involving businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles and the Malampaya funds scam. Manalo said Tuason, "to the best of her ability and recollection," gave all details pertaining to the the PDAF and Malampaya transactions. Tuason executed her affidavit before the Philippine Consulate General Office in San Francisco, California, USA. She returned to Manila early morning on Friday. She is now provisionally under the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Witness Protection Program. Pork scam whistleblowers have identified Tuason, a former aide of ex-president and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, as the one who allegedly received kickbacks for Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile. ANC, February 7, 2014