Ex-Sulu provincial exec charged over unliquidated P300K

MANILA, Philippines - The Office of the Ombudsman has indicted a former Sulu Provincial board member for failure to liquidate local funds amounting to P300,000.

In a joint resolution approved by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, the Office charged  Alkhadar Loong with Failure of Accountable Officer to Render Accounts penalized under Article 218 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC).

Records  showed that as of Feb. 27,2009, Loong has yet to liquidate the amount of P300,000 he received in July and August 2008.

Under the law, failure to render an account of such public funds to the Commission on Audit (COA) or to the provincial auditor for a period of two months after such account should have been rendered constitutes a violation of Article 218 of the RPC.

Meanwhile, the Office, however, dismissed the charge for Malversation of Public Funds against Loong for lack of sufficient grounds.

The administrative aspect of the complaint was dismissed for being moot and academic as Loong was re-elected in 2010.