The 4,660 acres of largely non-arable, hilly land in Garchitorena, Camarines Sur was purchased for about $142,600 by a private firm, which then tried to sell it to the government less than a year later for nearly $2.9 million.

The court found no proof that Juico took part in any "willful attempt to defraud the government" and that he was not obliged "to personally scrutinize all the technical and legal details" of the land deal.

Thus the court upheld Juico's denials of accusations by congressional critics that he had been negligent in signing a January 1989 agreement to buy the overvalued land for distribution to farmers.

The committee was presented evidence that Juico colluded to create untruthful statements, attempted confidentiality breaches and interfered with sponsorship discussions.

These issues were considered unethical and violative of the provisions of the by-laws of the POC, specifically on uplifting the level of performance of Filipino athletes.

Based on the committees recommendations, the POC board declared Juico as persona non grata for his role in the harassment of the athlete.

The POC clarified its legal prerogative to declare anybody persona non grata and that PATAFA was not penalized, nor was Juico removed, suspended or reprimanded.

[13][14] The POC's ethics committee concluded that Juico had harassed the athlete by making "malicious public accusations".

[15][16] The POC general assembly voted on January 26, to enforce the decision of declaring Juico persona non grata following the official's row with pole vault star EJ Obiena.