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Republic vs Sandiganbayan 204 SCRA 212

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN (Second Division) and LUCIO TAN, ESTATE OF FERDINAND E. MARCOS (represented By IMELDA R. MARCOS, IMEE M. MANOTOC, IRENE M. ARANETA and FERDINAND MARCOS, JR.), IMELDA R. MARCOS, CARMEN KHAO TAN, FLORENCIO T. SANTOS, NATIVIDAD P. SANTOS, DOMINGO CHUA, TAN HUI NEE, MARIANO TAN ENG LIAN, ESTATE OF BENITO TAN KEE HIONG (represented by TARCIANA C. TAN), FLORENCIO N. SANTOS, JR., HARRY C. TAN, TAN ENG CHAN, CHUNG POE KEE, MARIANO KHOO, MANUEL KHOO, MIGUEL KHOO, JAIME KHOO, ELIZABETH KHOO, CELSO C. RANOLA, WILLIAM T. WONG, ERNESTO B. LIM, BENJAMIN T. ALBACITA, DON FERRY, WILLY CO, FEDERICO MORENO, PANFILO O. DOMINGO, ESTATE/ HEIRS OF GREGORIO LICAROS, CESAR ZALAMEA, SHAREHOLDINGS, INC., ALLIED BANKING CORP., FOREMOST FARMS, INC., FORTUNE TOBACCO CORP. MARANAW HOTELS & RESORT CORP., VIRGINIA TOBACCO REDRYING PLANT, NORTHERN TOBACCO REDRYING PLANT, ASIA BREWERY, INC., SIPALAY TRADING CORP., HIMMEL INDUSTRIES, GRANDSPAN DEVELOPMENT CORP., BASIC HOLDINGS CORP., PROGRESSIVE FARMS, INC., MANUFACTURING SERVICES AND TRADE CORP., ALLIED LEASING & FINANCE CORPORATION, JEWEL HOLDINGS, INC., IRIS HOLDINGS AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., VIRGO HOLDINGS AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., POLO NOMINEES LTD., LIMITED SERVICES, LTD., RED SEAL LTD., COMMONS SEAL LTD., SPLENDID NOMINEES LTD., YOUNG TAI LTD., YOUNG JIN LTD., CO FINANCE NOMINEES LTD., CORPORATE FINANCES (D.C.T.) LTD., HARRIS SECRETARIES, ALLIED PACIFIC CORP., B & MCKAY NOMINEES LTD., ZANITH ESTABLISHMENT, ARINSI, S.A., COTTON CORP. (B.V.I.) LTD., BARTONDALE LTD., HONGKONG, OCEANIC BANK, SAN FRANCISCO, THE STERLING CARPET MAN LTD., THE STERLING CARPET SALES LTD., THE STERLING CARPET DISTRIBUTORS LTD., MERCURY DRUG STORES LTD., CALGARY, ALBERTA, MERCURY ENERGY RESOURCES LTD., respondents.

G.R. No. 112710 | 2001-05-30

D E C I S I O N 
 
PUNO, J.: 
 
This is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court to set aside the Resolutions dated August 23, 1993 and October 22, 1993 of the Sandiganbayan in SB Civil Case No. 0005 denying petitioner's "Motion for Leave To Take the Deposition of Rolando C. Gapud Upon Oral Examination In the Crown Colony of Hongkong." 
 
On July 17, 1987, petitioner Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Philippine Commission for Good Government, filed before the Sandiganbayan a complaint for "Reversion, Reconveyance, Restitution, Accounting and Damages." The...