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The Office of the Ombudsman filed graft charges against former Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and former Department of Budget and Management Undersecretary Christopher Lao for supposed illegal fund transfer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The illegal, unjustified, and unwarranted transfer of funds caused the consequent imposition of service fee that effectively removed a sizeable amount of money intended for purchase of PPEs, test kits, and other COVID-essential goods requested by medical facilities and DOH offices and bureaus,” it added.
The fund was for the procurement of medical supplies for the pandemic, including detection kits, mechanical ventilator, personal protective equipment, and surgical masks, among others.Duque , for his part, said the case was “unfair.”
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