Ex-DAR Cordillera exec found guilty of bribery avoids jail time
>> Thursday, March 9, 2017
BAGUIO CITY -- A former
official of the regional Dept. of Agrarian Reform found guilty of direct
bribery has found a way to avoid serving his jail sentence.
In a four-page
resolution released Thursday, the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division granted the
application for probation of Napoleon Baguilat, DAR adjudicator in the
Cordillera Administrative Region and uncle of Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr.
The anti-graft court
said Baguilat should just report to the chief probation and parole officer at
the Quezon City Hall of Justice twice a month for three years.
He was also required
to render community service, including tree planting activities.
The case against
Baguilat stemmed from accusations that he demanded and received P100,000 from
the lawyer of Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Inc. in May 2001 in exchange
for a favorable ruling on a land dispute.
He was sentenced to a
maximum of three years in prison.
The anti-graft court
said it granted Baguilat’s application for probation upon the recommendation of
probation and parole officer Romeo Cachin.
However, the court
said Baguilat could not transfer his place of residence or travel for more than
30 days without approval of the probation and parole office.
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