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RP vs Saludares

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HON. BERNARDO V. SALUDARES, Presiding Judge, RTC, Br. 28, Lianga, Surigao del Sur, and HUNG MING KUK, respondents.

G.R. No. 111174 | 2000-03-09

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This special civil action for certiorari assails the decision1 [Rollo, pp. 19-30.] of the Regional Trial Court of Lianga, Surigao del Sur, Branch 28, dated March 19, 1993. At issue is the jurisdiction of the trial court over properties owned by Lianga Bay Logging Company, Inc. (LBLC), but allegedly sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG).

The facts on record show that on April 2, 1986, the PCGG issued a writ of sequestration,2 [Id. at 31.] which reads:

"IN THE MATTER OF THE SEQUESTRATION OF LIANGA BAY LOGGING

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