00:00Controversial contractor Sara Diskaya and eight officials from DPWH Davao Occidental plead not guilty to graft and malarization charges on Tuesday, January 13.
00:12Their charges stem from a 96-million-peso ghost project in Davao Occidental.
00:18Diskaya and her fellow accused were arraigned before the Lapu-Lapu City Regional Trial Court in Cebu.
00:22The lawyers of the accused earlier filed motions to quash the information and arrest warrants against their clients on January 5.
00:31The defense argues the case should be handled in the quote most appropriate venue or the place where the alleged crime was committed.
00:39The Lapu-Lapu City RTC denied the motions thereby retaining jurisdiction over the case.
00:45The case's pre-trial conference is scheduled on February 4 at the Lapu-Lapu City RTC.
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