MANILA, Philippines - The hearing of a criminal case filed by actress Katrina Halili against her former lover Hayden Kho started yesterday at the Pasig City Regional Trial Court.
Judge Rodolfo Bonifacio, of the RTC Branch 159 asked counsels of Kho to choose what to pursue first, their “Urgent Motion for Determination of Probable Cause” or their Petition for Review before the Department of Justice (DOJ) since they cannot have both at the same time.
Kho’s counsels, Jose Paolo Patajo and Herbert Hernane, filed the two motions to dismiss the case. The counsels of the accused initially choose to tackle first their petition for review but backtracked and asked Bonifacio to start the proceedings on their “urgent motion for determination for probable cause” after State prosecutor Hjalmar Quintana Jr. moved for the issuance of an arrest warrant against Kho.
Halili’s counsel Raymund Palad and public branch prosecutor Emmanuel Obungen backed Quintana in his motion. Quintana requested for five days, or until Dec. 14 to file comment or opposition on the said motion. Bonifacio also gave Kho’s counsels the same number of days to comment on the reply, after which the incident shall be considered submitted for resolution.
On Sept. 17, the DOJ issued a resolution recommending that: An information for violation of Section 5 (h) and (i) of R.A. No. 9262, otherwise known as the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 be filed against Dr. Hayden Kho, Jr.” “If the court denies the Motion for Determination of Probable Cause filed by Hayden, a warrant of arrest may be issued before Christmas,” said Palad.
The arraignment of Kho was temporarily set on Feb. 23, 2010. The criminal case filed by Halili against Kho stemmed from a sex video which circulated in the Internet early this year.
Because of the sex video, the Professional Regulation Commission ordered Nov. 20 the revocation of Kho’s medical license.
Kho filed a motion for reconsideration before the PRC Board Monday and the hearing of the said motion was set on Dec. 11 at 2 p.m.
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