Acting Cebu City Prosecutor Jo-ana Marie Desuyo charged Cebu-based businessman Mark Y. Yu with perjury under Article 183 of the Revised Penal Code over false statements in an affidavit accusing two prosecutors of corruption.
The Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 23 received the case on Aug. 24, 2026, setting bail at P18,000 following an investigation into Yu's claims of a P50,000 payment for favorable case resolutions.
Prosecutor Gandhi Truya filed the perjury complaint after the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the original criminal and administrative complaints against the prosecutors due to a lack of evidence of conversations or bribery.
A CEBU-BASED businessman has been charged with perjury over statements he made in an affidavit accusing two Cebu City prosecutors of involvement in an alleged P50,000 payment in exchange for favorable action on cases he had filed.
Acting Cebu City Prosecutor Jo-ana Marie Desuyo found enough evidence to charge Mark Y. Yu with perjury under Article 183 of the Revised Penal Code.
The Cebu City Regional Trial Court Branch 23 received the case on Aug. 24, 2026. Bail was set at P18,000.
The charge stemmed from an affidavit Yu submitted with complaints against then-Cebu City prosecutor Liceria Lofranco-Rabillas and Prosecutor Gandhi Truya before the Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas.
In her decision, Desuyo said Yu’s allegations “have the material effect or tendency to influence the Office of the Ombudsman in the determination of...
Acting Cebu City Prosecutor Jo-ana Marie Desuyo charged Cebu-based businessman Mark Y. Yu with perjury under Article 183 of the Revised Penal Code over false statements in an affidavit accusing t...