A probe body has recommended the dismissal of Sandiganbayan Justice Gregory Ong for his links to Janet Napoles, the alleged mastermind of a multi-billion fund diversion scam. The Supreme Court is expected to either accept or reject the recommendation during its en banc session on Tuesday, July 1. Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, tasked by the High Court to undertake the probe, recommended that administrative charges be filed against Ong for gross misconduct, dishonesty and impropriety, saying she “impaired the image of the judiciary.” A report on the Philippine Daily Inquirer said the findings also concluded Ong allowed himself to be Napoles’ contact in the Sandiganbayan and he accepted money from her for fixing a case. Ong chairs the Sandiganbayan 4th Division, which acquitted Napoles in 2010 in the questionable purchase of 500 Kevlar helmets by the Philippine Marines. The graft court Sandiganbayan, is handling its most sensational cases to date – the plunder and graft charges against at least 3 Philippine senators and their alleged conduit Napoles. Ong has inhibited himself from these cases
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