Ex-Estrada adviser cleared of graft
May 2, 2004 | 12:00am
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted a former adviser of former President Joseph Estrada of graft charges stemming from his acquisition of a parcel of land in Zamboanga City.
In a nine-page resolution, Associate Justice Francisco Villaruz Jr. said prosecutors failed to prove the guilt of Le Peng Wee, Estradas former adviser on Mindanao affairs, as well as his brother, Wee Lee Hiong, and Region 9 registrar of deeds Susana Braganza Muin.
The case stemmed from Muins issuance of a deed of absolute sale and deed of exchange for a 12.9-hectare agricultural land to the Wee brothers, which prosecutors claimed violated the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL). Jose Rodel Clapano
In a nine-page resolution, Associate Justice Francisco Villaruz Jr. said prosecutors failed to prove the guilt of Le Peng Wee, Estradas former adviser on Mindanao affairs, as well as his brother, Wee Lee Hiong, and Region 9 registrar of deeds Susana Braganza Muin.
The case stemmed from Muins issuance of a deed of absolute sale and deed of exchange for a 12.9-hectare agricultural land to the Wee brothers, which prosecutors claimed violated the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL). Jose Rodel Clapano
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