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MANILA, Philippines – Still at large, the former appointments secretary of Senator Jinggoy Estrada is said to be hiding abroad.
In a statement released Wednesday, July 2, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed that Pauline Therese Mary Labayen flew out of the country before the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan issued a travel ban against the 54 accused in the pork barrel scam.
The bureau did not say which country Labayen went to but said she used the name “Pauline Therese Mary Labayen Cabico” in her passport.
This is why the initial verification of the bureau did not include Labayen in the list of those who had left the country, BI spokesperson and lawyer Elaine Tan said.
Labayen faces plunder and 11 counts of graft charges, along with her former senator-boss Jinggoy Estrada over the diversion of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) to imaginary projects of dubious non-governmental organizations linked with businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles. – Rappler.com
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