Sandiganbayan Approves Hospital Detention for Former DPWH Chief Manuel Bonoan
Sandiganbayan OKs hospital arrest for ex-DPWH chief Bonoan
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The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has allowed former Department of Public Works and Highways chief Manuel Bonoan to be placed under hospital arrest due to serious health issues while he faces a non-bailable plunder case. His arraignment is rescheduled for June 30.
- 01Manuel Bonoan, 80, is suffering from multiple serious health conditions, including Stage IV chronic renal disease and prostate cancer.
- 02The Sandiganbayan's resolution allows Bonoan to be confined at the Philippine National Police General Hospital in Quezon City.
- 03The court acknowledged that regular jail detention would pose a significant risk to Bonoan's life.
- 04Bonoan's motion for hospital arrest was filed on June 1 and partially granted on June 4.
- 05His arraignment has been postponed to June 30 due to his health condition.
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The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division in Manila has partially approved the request of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) chief Manuel Bonoan for hospital arrest as he faces a non-bailable plunder case. The court's resolution, dated June 4 but released to the media later, allows Bonoan to be confined at the Philippine National Police General Hospital in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Bonoan, who is 80 years old, suffers from several severe health conditions, including Stage IV chronic renal disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, gouty arthritis, and prostate cancer. The court determined that his detention in a regular jail facility would pose a real and imminent danger to his life. Consequently, Bonoan did not attend his scheduled arraignment, which has now been moved to June 30.
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The decision for hospital arrest could set a precedent for other high-profile cases involving health considerations in the Philippine legal system.
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