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| Former Metro Rail Transit Line 3 general manager Al Vitangcol III posted bail after the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division ordered his arrest. The STAR/Elizabeth Marcelo |
Vitangcol posted a bail of P60,000 for two counts of graft over the alleged extortion attempt on Inekon.
Aside from Vitangcol, the Sandiganbayan also ordered the arrest of his co-accused businessman Wilson De Vera. The anti-graft court ordered a P30,000 bail for each count of the graft case of the former MRT-3 official and his co-accused.
In its complaint, the Office of the Ombudsman alleged that Vitangcol used De Vera in the plan to extort $30 million from the representatives of Inekon on July 9, 2012 in exchange for the grant of contract for the supply of MRT-3 train coaches.
The extortion attempt allegedly transpired in the house of former Czech Ambassador to the Philippines Josef Rychtar in Forbes Park, Makati City.
The Ombudsman said that the representatives of Inekon immediately refused the extortion attempt until De Vera lowered the amount to $2.5 million after he talked to Vitangcol on the phone.
Aside from the plan of extorting $30 million from the representatives of the Czech company, Vitangcol allegedly pressured the businessmen to enter into a joint venture agreement which would include De Vera for the service contract of the MRT-3.
Vitangcol, however, denied the cases, saying the Ombudsman is just persecuting him for going against the Aquino administration.
–PNA/Pefecto Raymundo with a report from Philstar/Rosette Adel and The STAR/Elizabeth Marcelo
Aside from Vitangcol, the Sandiganbayan also ordered the arrest of his co-accused businessman Wilson De Vera. The anti-graft court ordered a P30,000 bail for each count of the graft case of the former MRT-3 official and his co-accused.
The extortion attempt allegedly transpired in the house of former Czech Ambassador to the Philippines Josef Rychtar in Forbes Park, Makati City.
The Ombudsman said that the representatives of Inekon immediately refused the extortion attempt until De Vera lowered the amount to $2.5 million after he talked to Vitangcol on the phone.
Aside from the plan of extorting $30 million from the representatives of the Czech company, Vitangcol allegedly pressured the businessmen to enter into a joint venture agreement which would include De Vera for the service contract of the MRT-3.
Vitangcol, however, denied the cases, saying the Ombudsman is just persecuting him for going against the Aquino administration.
–PNA/Pefecto Raymundo with a report from Philstar/Rosette Adel and The STAR/Elizabeth Marcelo
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