s$ffifiard

THURSDAY August
8' 2019

5a n d i s a n baY'1|fiff
forfeiture raps vs. Marcfff I ,f*,
dence. In addition, the parties must rely
By MaricelV. Cruz on the strength oftheir own evidence, not
THE Sandiganbayan has junked a P102- uponthe *Juko.tt ofthe defense offered
the court added'
billion forfeiture case involving the Mar- by their opponent,"
due to The tontt said the the Presidential
cos family and 11' of its cronies
prosecution to present Commission on Good Government, or
inability oJ the
the government agsncy in charge of re-
sufficient evidence.
"Itsaddens the Court'that it took more rorrJtittg the Marcoses' ill-gotten wealth,
than 30 years before this case is submit- failed tJprovide evidence on specific in-
ted for decision and ye! the nrggecu- ,tun.., *h"t" late President Ferdinand
tion failed to present sufficient evidence Marcos and former first lady and Ilocos
to sustain any of the causes of action Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos were accused
against the remaining defendants," the of being L"ihV of having participated in
loan accommodation to Ak-
S-andiganbayan Second Division said in .*t ttait{a
lan Bulk Carriers Inc., Fuga Bulk Car-
its ruling dated Aug. 5.
par- riers Inc., Coron Bulk Carriers Inc', and
"It is Jettled that in civil cases, the
has the burden of Bulk Carriers, Inc.; appropriated
ty making allegations "P"tju
proving tt.* pfeponderance of evi- Next Page
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revenues derived from the operations
of RPN-9, IBC-13 and BBC-2 for their
own benefit and u4just enrichment
and income; allowed their 11 other co-
accused to hold and launder purloined
funds for and in their behalf prior to
remittance and credit to their overseas
or foreign accounts; and participated
in the establishment of the California
Overseas Bank.
The court also said the PCGG also
to provide evidence on how the oth-
"failed
bt O.f."i.ttt acted as dummies of lvlrs.
lI4urcor in acquiring ill-gotte,n wealth.
Aside from the Marcoses, those cov-
ered by the dismissal were Rafael Sison,
Placido Mapa, Jr., DonJvI. Ferry, Jose R.
Tengco, Jr., Ramon Monzon, Generosa
C. O1#o, Cynthia Cheong, Ma. Luisa
E. Nograles, Leopoldo Vergara, Jose L.
Africa and Rodolfo Arambulo:

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