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RCL Feeders PTE., LTD. vs Hon. Hernando Perez, et al.

RCL FEEDERS PTE., LTD., Petitioner, versus HON. HERNANDO PEREZ, in his capacity as Secretary of the Department of Justice and FELICIANO ZULUAGA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 162126 | 2004-12-09

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Petitioner RCL Feeders PTE., Ltd. (RCL) is a Singaporean company engaged in the business of operating ships that transport cargo throughout the Southeast Asia Pacific region. In 1990, it appointed South China Lines (Philippines) as its shipping agent in the country, followed by EDSA Shipping Agency, Inc. (EDSA) in 1995.



Sometime in the year 2000, petitioner through its president, Sumate Tanthuwanit, instructed its consultant, Hartwig Schulze-Eckardt, to investigate its transactions with EDSA. Tanthuwanit apparently noticed that EDSA's billings for reimbursement over the last five years were...