THE SUPREME Court has upheld the indictment by the Ombudsman of a Customs agent for hiding properties he bought while working for the bureau. READ:
In a Nov. 24 decision posted on the High Court’s website on May 18, the tribunal ruled that Ramir S. Gomez should be charged with corruption for failing to file his net worth statement for 2003.
Mr. Gomez had denied the charges. He also said he did not declare his 9mm caliber pistol in his net worth statement because it was being repaired. The Finance department appealed the indictment as it sought to include more charges for four more counts of perjury of falsification of public documents under the Revised Penal Code. The agent also filed his own petition for review.
It added that the other false assertions made by Mr. Gomez had lapsed and he could no longer be prosecuted for perjury.