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Victor Africa Vs. The Hon. Sandiganbayan and Barbara Anne C. Migalos

VICTOR AFRICA, Petitioner, VS. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN and BARBARA ANNE C. MIGALLOS, Respondents. G.H. No. 172222 _____________________ EASTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PHILS., INC. (IETPI)-PCGG, Petitioner, vs. VICTOR V. AFRICA, Respondent G.R. No. 174493 ____________________ VICTOR AFRICA, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE SANDIGANBAYAN and EASTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PILIPPINENS, INC., G.R. No. 184636

G.R. Nos. 172222/G.R. No. 174493/G.R. No. 184636 | 2013-11-11

THIRD DIVISION

DECISION

ABAD, J.:

These consolidated petitions stem from Civil Case 0009, an action that the government filed with the Sandiganbayan for reversion, forfeiture, and accounting of ill-gotten wealth involving the sequestered shares of stock of Eastern Telecommunications Philippines, Inc.

The Antecedents

In 1972, Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Ltd. (Eastern Extension), a subsidiary of foreign-owned Cable & Wireless, Ltd., got instructions from the Marcos government to reorganize its telecommunications business in the Philippines into a 60/40 corporation in favor of...