Ombudsman opposes Mike Arroyo bid to travel | Inquirer News

Ombudsman opposes Mike Arroyo bid to travel

By: - Reporter / @MRamosINQ
/ 06:32 AM January 09, 2016

Former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo. FILE PHOTO

Former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo. FILE PHOTO

The Office of the Ombudsman has opposed a motion filed by the husband of detained former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo asking the Sandiganbayan to allow him to leave the country for a 10-day trip to Japan and Hong Kong.

In its two-page opposition, the Ombudsman said Jose Miguel Arroyo’s request for a travel authority was “procedurally anomalous” as it involved two separate travels.

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Arroyo and his wife are facing graft charges in the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division in relation to the scuttled $329-billon national broadband network project with China’s ZTE Corp.

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He was also indicted in another division of the antigraft court for the anomalous sale of second-hand helicopters he allegedly owned to the Philippine National Police.

In his motion, Arroyo said he was planning to travel to Japan from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5 and stay at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.

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On Feb. 5, he said he would travel to Hong Kong and stay for four days at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile hotel.

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“Jose Miguel desires to visit Japan and Hong Kong for a short vacation after the holiday rush,” his motion read.

Arroyo had been previously allowed by the court to leave the country.

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