The antigraft court Sandiganbayan has lifted the travel restriction on businessman Jaime Dichaves, signaling the end of the plunder scandal involving former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada. ADVERTISEMENTThe court cited the Ombudsman’s move not to appeal anymore the Oct. 11 resolution dismissing the plunder case against Dichaves without reaching the trial stage. Prosecutors also did not object to Dichaves’s motion to lift the HDO, which required him to seek court’s permission before traveling abroad while his plunder case was pending. The minute resolution was signed by Associate Justices Alex L. Quiroz, Reynaldo P. Cruz and Bayani H. Jacinto. The businessman returned only in November 2010, but the Sandiganbayan sent the case back to the Ombudsman for reinvestigation in July 2011.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 30, 2018 21:11 UTC