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PEOPLE vs Chua

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus VINCENT HENRY CHUA, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 149538 | 2004-07-26

DECISION



CALLEJO, SR., J.:





Alegria Marie Antonette L. Luciano filed a petition with the Regional Trial Court in Angeles City, Pampanga for the confinement of her son, appellant Vincent Henry Chua, in a drug rehabilitation center for drug dependents. On May 20, 1994, the trial court issued an Order granting the petition and ordering the confinement of the dependent at the Gabay Diwa Drug Rehabilitation Center in Angeles City.[1] However, on June 18, 1994, the appellant escaped from the center. The trial court, thereafter, issued an Order recommitting him to the center on June 24, 1994,[2] but he again escaped.



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