Complex sentence: In 2007, he was sentenced by the special division of the Sandiganbayan to "reclusión perpetua" for plunder, but was later granted pardon by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2007, he was found guilty for the crime of plunder and was sentenced by the special division of the Sandiganbayan to reclusión perpetua. He was later granted pardon by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.