THE Supreme Court lifted the freeze order on the assets of the brother-in-law of a retired military comptroller who is being tried before the Sandiganbayan for allegedly amassing ill-gotten wealth.

In a 14-page ruling dated January 26 but was released just recently, the Supreme Court First Division partially granted the petition of Edgardo Yambao to lift the freeze order on his monetary instruments and properties enumerated in the July 5, 2005 resolution of the Court of Appeals.

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