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Department of Justice vs. Liwag

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, through SECRETARY HERNANDO PEREZ, THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION through DIRECTOR REYNALDO WYCOCO, STATE PROSECUTORS LEO B. DACERA III, MISAEL M. LADAGA AND MARY JOSEPHINE P. LAZARO, Petitioners, versus HON. HERMOGENES R. LIWAG, in his capacity as Presiding Judge, Branch 55, Regional Trial Court, Manila, PANFILO M. LACSON, MICHAEL RAY B. AQUINO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 149311 | 2005-02-11



EN BANC
DECISION

AZCUNA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) under it, seeking to challenge the Order dated June 22, 2001 and the Writ of Preliminary Injunction dated June 25, 2001 issued by the late Judge Hermogenes R. Liwag of Branch 55 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila in Civil Case No. 01-100934.

The facts are as follows:

Alleging that she was a former undercover agent of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Narcotics Group, Mary Ong filed a complaint-affidavit on...