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Alfonso Choa vs. People and Leni Choa

ALFONSO C. CHOA, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and LENI CHOA, respondents.

G.R. No. 142011 | 2003-03-14

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

Alfonso Chan Choa, petitioner, is a Chinese national. On April 25, 1989, he filed with the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 41, Bacolod City, a verified petition for naturalization,[1] docketed as Special Proceeding No. 5395.

During the initial hearing of the case on August 27, 1990, petitioner testified on direct examination but he was not able to finish the same. On August 29, 1990, he filed a motion to withdraw his petition for naturalization.[2] The trial court granted the motion in its Resolution dated September 28, 1990,[3] which partly reads:
 
“The petitioner, Alfonso...