MANILA: Former Solicitor General Frank Chavez died of a stroke on Wednesday night. He was 66.
Chavez, who pursued cases against former presidents Ferdinand Marcos and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, died at 10pm at The Medical City in Pasig City. The hard-hitting lawyer, who served as Solicitor General from 1987 to 1992, has been battling lymphoma since 2009.
Chavez had been confined at The Medical City hospital since July 1, where he had undergone a bone-marrow transplant.
The wife of the former solicitor general, Jean, said that his remains were cremated at 2am yesterday. It will be brought to the Santuario de San Antonio Parish in Forbes Park, Makati City.
The human rights lawyer will be buried at the Heritage Park in Taguig City on Sunday.
Chavez filed plunder complaints against Arroyo and her husband the past years most notably for her alleged misuse of P550m Overseas Workers Welfare Administration funds in 2011.
Arroyo’s husband Mike also lost a libel case against Chavez, a staunch critic of the administration, in 2007.
According to the Office of the Solicitor General’s website, Chavez was born in Bateria, Sagay, Negros Occidental on February 6, 1947.
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