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Salvador M. Mison vs. Commission On Audit (COA)

SALVADOR M. MISON, in his capacity as commissioner of Customs, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, CHAN CHIU, and CHEUNG I, respondents.

G.R. No. 91429 | 1990-07-13

D E C I S I O N

NARVASA, J.:

In Customs Case No. 813, the Commissioner of Customs rendered a decision on August 11, 1969, declaring illegal the seizure by elements of the Philippine Navy of the M/V "Hyojin Maru" a vessel of Japanese registry, and ordered the release of the vessel and its cargo to the claimants, Chan Chiu On and Cheung I. 1 Return of the cargo as thus ordered was effected pursuant to a directive of the Secretary of Finance dated February 5, 1970. 2 Release of the vessel, however, was never effected; it sank while yet in the custody of the Bureau of Customs, and requests by the Bureau to the Philippine Navy and the...