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[Exclusive] No coercion in suicide of DBP lawyer, family tells Senate

Lala Rimando

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The family of lawyer Benjamin Pinpin refuted claims that coercion led to the his August suicide during an executive session of a Senate inquiry.

 

MANILA, Philippines – The family of lawyer Benjamin Pinpin refuted claims that coercion led to the his August suicide during an executive session of a Senate inquiry.

The lawyers death sparked the Senate inquiry into a questionable loan granted by his employer, Development Bank of the Philippines, to a firm of businessman Roberto Ongpin.

The December 6, 2011 Senate inquiry ended early to give the the Pinpin family time to talk to Senators behind closed doors.

Sen. Serge Osmeña, chairman of the Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies, gives Move.ph exclusive insights into that executive session.

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