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HDMF vs. Sagun [SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION, CAGUIOA, J.]

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF) PAG-IBIG FUND, PETITIONER, VS. CHRISTINA SAGUN, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 205780] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, REP. BY SEC. LEILA DE LIMA, STATE PROSECUTOR THEODORE M. VILLANUEVA, AND PROSECUTOR GENERAL CLARO A. ARELLANO, AND THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI), PETITIONERS, VS. CHRISTINA SAGUN, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 208744] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PETITIONER, VS. DELFIN S. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 209424] HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF), PETITIONER, VS. GLOBE ASIATIQUE REALTY HOLDINGS CORPORATION, DELFIN S. LEE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION, AND TESSIE G. WANG, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 209446] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. ALEX M. ALVAREZ, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 209489] HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, PETITIONER, VS. ATTY. ALEX M. ALVAREZ RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 209852] HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, (HDMF), PETITIONER, VS. DELFIN S. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 210095] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, PETITIONER, VS. DELFIN S. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 210143] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES PETITIONER, VS. DELFIN S. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 228452] HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF), PETITIONER, VS. DEXTER L. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 228730] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. DEXTER L. LEE, RESPONDENT. [G.R. No. 230680] CRISTINA SALAGAN, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF), RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 205698 | 2018-07-31

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION 

CAGUIOA, J.:

I concur with the ponencia insofar as it finds no probable cause to charge and arrest respondents Delfin S. Lee (Delfin Lee), Dexter L. Lee (Dexter Lee), Christina Sagun (Sagun), Atty. Alex M. Alvarez (Alvarez) and Cristina Salagan (Salagan) for the crime of syndicated estafa penalized under Presidential Decree 1689 (PD 1689).[1] I share the ponencia's view that respondents do not qualify as a syndicate as defined in PD 1689.

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