EX-SULTAN KUDARAT SOLON FACING GRAFT, MALVERSATION RAPS YIELDS  

A FORMER lawmaker facing graft and malversation charges on Sunday surrendered to the police in General Santos City.

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. said former Sultan Kudarat Rep. Arnulfo Go, who was charged before the  Sandiganbayan, surrendered to officers of the Police Regional Office 12.

Nartatez said the former lawmaker turned himself over to officials of the Lebak Municipal Police Station, the Sultan Kudarat Police Provincial Office and the General Santos City Police Office in Bgy. San Isidro in General Santos City.

Prior to the surrender, a warrant of arrest was issued against the former lawmaker for alleged violations of Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code or Malversation of Public Funds, including a malversation case involving over P8.8 million in public funds.

The Sandiganbayan Third Division also ordered the arrest of municipal accountant Allan Gayoso Bayani and municipal treasurer Mario Abasolo Labrador in connection with the case. 

The former solon was turned over to the Sandiganbayan for proper disposition.