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  • Napoles, ex-DAR official convicted over P50-M farm assistance fund diversion

    Napoles, ex-DAR official convicted over P50-M farm assistance fund diversion

    MANILA — The Sandiganbayan has convicted businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles and former Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Undersecretary Jerry Pacturan over the diversion of P50 million in government funds intended for farm input assistance projects that were never carried out. In a 237-page decision promulgated Friday, the anti-graft court’s Sixth Division found Napoles and Pacturan…