Key Pan scandal suspect hospitalized

THE FORMER director of the National Assistance Program (PAN), Rafael Guardia,Jaen is the latest detainee awaiting trial linked to corruption during the Ricardo Martinelli administration to be hospitalized.

He has  been  detained in the El Renacer prison since November 2014  facing multiple charges  of alleged irregularities in the management of PAN funds and  is also accused of money laundering.

He was transferred to Santo Tomas Hospital on Thursday July 21 with heart, nervous system and psychiatric problems and severe ulcers, according to his lawyer  Victor Orobio who described his condition as “very bad.”

Guardia Jaen, refused to talk when first faced with prosecutors, but he later opened up pointing fingers at other members of the administration including then president Ricardo Martinelli