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ANTI-GRAFT COURT. Facade of the Sandiganbayan in Quezon City. Photo by Jansen Romero/Rappler

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The money was placed in escrow with the Philippine National Bank in 1999

MANILA, Philippines – The Sandiganbayan’s 6th Division dismissed the government’s bid to claim around $5.19 million previously held in the Swiss bank accounts of the late ambassador Benjamin “Kokoy” Romualdez and his wife Juliette Gomez-Romualdez.