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Manito Chan y Lim etc. vs. Secretary of Justice, et al.

JUANITO CHAN y LIM, a.k.a. ZHANG ZHENTING, Petitioner, versus SECRETARY OF JUSTICE, PABLO C. FORMARAN III and PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-ORGANIZED CRIME TASK FORCE, represented by PO3 DANILO L. SUMPAY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 147065 | 2008-03-14

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 seeks to set aside the Resolution[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated September 21, 2000, which dismissed the petition for certiorari assailing the Resolution of the Secretary of the Department of Justice (DOJ) finding probable cause against the herein petitioner for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act. The petitioner likewise assails the CA Resolution dated February 9, 2001 which denied his motion for reconsideration.

The case flows from the following antecedents:

On April 23, 1999, the Chief of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF), then Police...