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Jose U Ong, et al. vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

JOSE U. ONG and NELLY M. ONG, Petitioners, versus SANDIGANBAYAN (THIRD DIVISION) and OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 126858 | 2005-09-16

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

Tinga, J.: 

This Petition for Certiorari,[1] dated December 13, 1996 seeks the nullification of the Resolutions of the Sandiganbayan dated August 18, 1994[2] and October 22, 1996.[3] The first assailed Resolution denied petitioners' motion to dismiss the petition for forfeiture filed against them, while the second questioned Resolution denied their motion for reconsideration. 

The antecedents are as follows: 

Congressman Bonifacio H. Gillego executed a Complaint-Affidavit[4] on February 4, 1992, claiming that petitioner Jose U. Ong, then Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR),...