Former Masbate representative Rizalina Seachon-Lanete, her aide Jose Sumalpong, and Janet Lim Napoles are acquitted in one plunder case. The Sandiganbayan rules, the prosecution’s evidence showed only P30.7 million in alleged payouts from Lanete’s congressional pork barrel. Far short of the P50-million mark that defines plunder under Philippine law.
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