00:00Janeth Lim-Napoles and two former officials of the National Livelihood Development Corporation, or NLDC,
00:10were acquitted in the case of graft and malversation under the Priority Development Assistance Fund, or PDAPSCAMP.
00:16Based on the decision of Sandigan Bayan on September 18,
00:20there is no sufficient evidence that Napoles has a responsibility for the illegal transfer of Php 5 million to PDAP in 2009.
00:28The Anti-Graft Court also acquitted the former NLDC President, Gondelina Amata, and the former NLDC Assets Management Division Chief, Gregorio Buenaventura, due to lack of evidence.
00:42Sandigan Bayan also returned the full departure order against the acquitted.
00:48They still have no statement.
00:50The case is related to the illegal transfer of Php 5 million to PDAP of the former La Union First District Representative, Victor Francisco Ortega,
01:00to the NGO of Napoles in the Social Development Program for Farmers Foundation Incorporated by the NLDC in 2009.
01:10Napoles will remain in jail because he was convicted in his other cases of graft, malversation, and corruption of a public official.
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