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Sandigan rejects appeal to block refiling of Pharmally raps
The Philippine Star
|December 09, 2025
The Sandiganbayan has upheld its earlier resolution allowing the withdrawal of the Pharmally cases for review and possible refiling by the Office of the Ombudsman.
In a resolution dated Dec. 3, the court’s Sixth Division denied the motions for reconsideration filed by former Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management officer-in-charge Christopher Lloyd Lao, former PS-DBM procurement group director and former overall deputy ombudsman Warren Rex Hernandez Liong.
The court likewise rejected similar motions filed by Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. treasurer and corporate secretary Mohit Dargani, director Linconn Ong and financial manager Lin Weixiong.
The accused were seeking to overturn the Sixth Division's Nov. 4 resolution granting the ombudsman’s prosecution panel’s request to withdraw five counts of graft and three counts of falsification of public documents, filed last Oct. 10.
This story is from the December 09, 2025 edition of The Philippine Star.
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