Former President Benigno Aquino 3rd was a no-show during the preliminary investigation at the Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday on the complaint filed by two anti-crime advocacy groups over the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine.

The hearing at the DoJ was presided by a panel of prosecutors led by Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Rossane Balauag, with Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Hazel Decena Valdez, Assistant State Prosecutors Consuelo Corazon Pazziuagan and Gino Paolo Santiago as members.