SC upholds seizure of former AFP chief Abadia's unexplained wealth

From InterAksyon (Nov 27): SC upholds seizure of former AFP chief Abadia's unexplained wealth

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld an anti-graft court’s order forfeiting in favor of government more than P11 million in unexplained wealth from former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Lisandro Abadia and his wife, Violeta.

The high court’s Third Division dismissed Abadia’s motion for reconsideration of the Sandiganbayan ruling ordering him to return to the government P11,262,876.01, saying it found no irreversible error in the lower court’s judgment.

The Sandiganbayan said the Abadia couple could not explain the abrupt increase in the former military chief’s Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN) of Abadia -- from P3.77 million in 1991 to P6.476 million in 1992, and then to P13.61 million in 1993.

Abadia retired as AFP chief in 1994.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/75724/sc-upholds-seizure-of-former-afp-chief-abadias-unexplained-wealth