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| Alejo (with white hair)leaving court after an earlier hearing of his case (File) |
A warrant of arrest was issued Monday against an elderly Filipino businessman who failed to appear in Eastern Court for his sentencing on two charges of theft involving about 200 pieces of jewelry some seven years ago.
Celso E. Alejo, Jr., 72, was also absent from court
on his original sentencing date of August 17 this year, but the prosecutor said
at the time that he was in hospital.
Apart from the arrest warrant, the court also
ordered Alejo’s cash bail of $40,000 cancelled.
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The charge sheet against Alejo gives details of the
two thefts that he committed between 2016 and 2017, but made no mention of the
amount involved.
In the first charge for which he was convicted, the
theft involved a number of gold items, all belonging to M.K. Seen kay Kay and
Mak Seen Wah, Sylvia, sometime in late 2016 until October 2017, at room B, 9/F,
On Hing Building in Central.
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Alejo’s LinkedIn profile shows he holds office there
as the managing director of PTC Systems.
These were itemized as: 82 gold pendants, 75 gold
coins, 16 gold bracelets, 8 gold rings, 7 gold disks, 6 gold ingots, 5 gold
bangles, 5 gold figurines, 4 gold peaches, 3 gold ring bands, 2 gold peanuts, 2
gold balls, 2 gold chains, 1 gold Chinese zodiac wheel, 1 wedge shape gold
piece, 1 gold earring, 1 gold clip, 1 gold frame, 1 gold bar and 1 platinum
ring.
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In the second charge for which he was also found
guilty, he is accused of stealing a diamond necklace belonging to the same
victims on Jan 17, 2017, from the Tak Wing Pawnshop on Des Voeux Road, Central.
No other details of the alleged offences were
disclosed, but court records show an earlier civil case between the accused and
Sylvia Mak was litigated in 2018, which appeared to have arisen from a
commercial dispute.
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Alejo was arrested and investigated on the two theft
charges only last March 9. The hearing of his case was postponed at one point
because his defense lawyer indicated his withdrawal from the case.
He was found guilty of the two offences by Eastern
Principal Magistrate Ivy Chui on August 3 this year, and ordered his sentencing
delayed until August 17.
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