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Article: Philippine Estrada Faces New Perjury Case

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September 11, 2001
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Deposed Philippine President Joseph Estrada faces another perjury case filed Monday with the Ombudsman, the anti-corruption inspector of the Philippine government.

This time, Estrada will be charged for allegedly falsifying hisfirst statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SAL) as president in 1998, the Philippine newspaper Today reported Tuesday.

In a 5-page complaint, the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, a Philippine civil group, said Estrada declared an individual assets of 33.4 million pesos (654,900 U.S. dollars) in 1998 instead of the 85.5 million pesos (1.68 million dollars) thathe actually owned.

Ombudsman Aniano Desierto said ...

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