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Retired fiscal fined for violating litigation procedures

John Unson - The Philippine Star

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – A retired prosecutor of this city has been ordered to return an amount equivalent to six months of his salary as a penalty for violating litigation procedures. 

Wilfred Buyco was fined for having tagged without due process former Cotabato City vice mayor Muslimin Sema as a suspect in the kidnapping of businessman Eulogio Lim Yu in 2011.

In a ruling dated July 21, the Ombudsman said Buyco named Sema as among the suspects without first conducting a preliminary investigation.

In a radio interview last Friday, Sema said someone could have influenced Buyco to implicate him in Yu’s kidnapping.

The ombudsman said Buyco did not furnish Sema a copy of his motion for the court to include the former vice mayor as one of the suspects. 

The court denied Buyco’s motion to include Sema as a respondent in the kidnapping case.

“While the respondent, as a prosecutor, has the discretion to include in the information a person against whom he believes is probably guilty of the crime charged, such discretion must be based on evidence,” the ombudsman said.

Buyco retired last March 24.

BUYCO

COTABATO CITY

EULOGIO LIM YU

INCLUDE

KIDNAPPING

MUSLIMIN SEMA

OMBUDSMAN

SEMA

WILFRED BUYCO

YU

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