[1] His death became the catalyst for the passage of Republic Act 9163 or the "National Service Training Program Law",[1] which removed completion of mandatory ROTC as a precondition for graduation for male college students in the Philippines.

Three days later his decomposing body, wrapped in a carpet, was found floating in the Pasig River near the Jones Bridge.

[4] On 31 March 2004, Arnulfo Aparri, Jr.,[3] one of the four suspects in the killing of Chua, was sentenced to death by lethal injection, and was ordered to pay Php 50,000.00 to the victim's family as indemnity.

[5] Another of the accused, Eduardo Tabrilla, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide and was sentenced to 6-14 years of imprisonment in 2006.

[6] The whereabouts of the two other suspects, Paul Joseph Tan and Michael Von Rainard Manangbao remain uncertain.