The National Bureau of Investigation聽on Tuesday afternoon arrested former聽Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) Chairman Camilo Sabio in聽connection with graft charges pending before the Sandiganbayan.
The arresting agents took Sabio to the NBI headquarters, where he was booked and photographed.
The 82-year old former PCGG head was accompanied by聽his wife, Marlene.
He was arrested based on the warrant issued by the anti-graft court鈥檚 4th and 5th Divisions where聽he is facing charges of malversation of public funds and violation of聽Republic Act 3089 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
He will be released as soon as he could post bail of P80,000.
Last June, Sabio was convicted by the anti-graft court in connection聽with the allegedly anomalous lease of 11 vehicles in 2007 and 2009 for聽more than P12 million when he was still the chair of the PCGG.
He was sentenced to serve from 12 to 12 years imprisonment. He said then that he would appeal his conviction. /atm