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Vazquez vs. Atty. Queco Kho

PLUTARCO E. VAZQUEZ, Complainants, vs. ATTY. DAVID LIM QUECO KHO, Respondent. Present: SERENO, CJ, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BERSAMIN, PERLAS-BERNABE, and CAGUIOA, JJ.

A.C. No. 9492 | 2016-07-11

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
 
DECISION
 
SERENO, CJ:
 
This case for disbarment was filed by complainant Plutarco E. Vazquez (Vazquez) against respondent Atty. David Lim Queco Kho (Atty. Kho). In his verified Complaint1 filed with this Court on 11 July 2012, Vazquez alleges that Atty. Kho violated the lawyer's oath that he "will do no falsehood.2 He further claims that respondent transgressed Rule 1.01 of the Code of Professional Responsibility.3
 
FACTS
 
Vazquez and Atty. Kho were both members of the Coalition of Associations of Senior Citizens in the Philippines...