Gov’t prosecutors recommend indictment of Lim for drug offenses

August 10, 2018

The Department of Justice has recommended the indictment of Cebu-based businessman Peter Go Lim for allegedly conspiring to commit illegal drug trading with self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa and others.

In a resolution released on Friday, the  panel of prosecutors said it found probable cause to indict Lim along with Espinosa, Peter Co, Marcelo Adorco, Lovely Impal and Ruel Malindangan for violation of Section 26 (b) in relation to Section 5, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.

The criminal complaint against Lim, Espinosa, Co, Adorco, Impal and Malindangan will be filed next week before the Regional Trial Court in Makati City.

The prosecutors ruled that admission of respondent Espinosa during the legislative investigation of the Senate committees on justice and public order, with Adorco’s positive identification of Lim as one of Kerwin’s suppliers of dangerous drugs, is enough to establish probable cause to charge them with conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading.

The indictment of Lim came three weeks after a panel had recommended the filing of criminal complaint against Espinosa, Co, Adorco, Impal and Malindangan for committing the same drug offense. DMS