THE Supreme Court has ordered the revival of criminal charges before a local court against an official of a shipping firm regarding the deaths of more than 200 passengers in an accident involving one its vessels.

In a 20-page decision penned by Justice Jose C. Reyes, Jr., the Court’s Third Division approved the consolidated petitions by Public Attorneys Office Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta and the families of the 227 fatalities of the M/V Princess of the Stars against Edgar Go of Sulpicio Lines Inc. who is facing charges of reckless imprudence against the Manila City Regional Trial Court.

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