A former regional director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has been cleared in a criminal case involving the alleged malversation of proceeds from the sale of fuel intended for BFAR’s patrol boats. The Sandiganbayan said the Office of the Ombudsman failed to prove that former BFAR-Davao region director George Campeon committed malversation of public funds as provided under the Revised Penal Code. “The accused was able to sufficiently explain the whereabouts of the P59,800 in proceeds of the sale of the 2,000 liters of diesel fuel,” the anti-graft court’s Sixth Division said in a 27-page decision promulgated on Friday.

Marcelo, E. (2021, January 18). Ex-BFAR exec cleared of graft. The Philippine Star, p. 13.