GMA co-accused seeks eye treatment

A CO-ACCUSED of Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the plunder case filed against her asked the Sandiganbayan first division to allow him to undergo medical treatment.

Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) fi- nance officer Benigno Aguas asked the anti-graft court for him to undergo eye examination after being “diagnosed to be at risk of losing his eyesight.”

“His left eye vision is already down thirty percent,” the motion read.

Aguas and Arroyo were charged with plunder for allegedly defrauding the government of P365,997,915 through unlawful transfer of PCSO’s confidential intelligence funds from January 2008 to June 2010 when Arroyo was President. The cases stemmed from the complaint filed by Jaime Regalario of Kilusang Makabang Ekonomiya, former Akbayan party-list representative Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, and former Customs official Danilo Lim last July 26, 2011.