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The Office of the City Prosecutor of Mandaluyong has dismissed the extortion complaint filed by businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang against whistleblower Julie “Dondon” Patidongan and Alan Bantiles, saying it lacks necessary factual details and sufficient proof.
In a 19-page resolution dated September 30, the city prosecutor dismissed the complaint against Patidongan and Bantiles for robbery with violence against or intimidation of persons, grave threats, grave coercion, slander, and incriminating an innocent person.
“This Office finds no prima facie evidence with reasonable certainty of conviction to indict respondents for attempted robbery with intimidation of person, grave coercion, and grave threats,” it said.
It also found that there was no prima facie evidence to convict them of slander.
The case stemmed from Ang’s claim that Patidongan and Bantiles, another former employee, threatened to link him to the disappearance of the missing sabungeros if he refused to pay P300 million.
Ang’s lawyer Atty. Gabriel Villareal said they would file an appeal to the Department of Justice by the end of the month.
“No comment as of the moment. We reserve our comments for our appeal,” he said in a message to reporters.
Meanwhile, in its resolution, the city prosecutor said that Ang failed to precisely cite the exact defamatory words allegedly spoken by Patidongan.
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