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Republic vs. Estate of Alfonso Lim, Sr., et al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus ESTATE OF ALFONSO LIM, SR., ALFONSO LIM, JR., TEODORO Q. PENA, FERDINAND E. MARCOS (now deceased and Represented by his Estate/Heirs), IMELDA R. MARCOS, TAGGAT INDUSTRIES, INC., PAMPLONA REDWOOD VENEER, INC., SOUTHERN PLYWOOD, WESTERN CAGAYAN LUMBER, ACME PLYWOOD, VETERAN WOODWORK, INC., SIERRA MADRE WOOD INDUSTRIES, INC., and TROPICAL PHILIPPINES WOOD INDUSTRIES, INC., Respondent.

G.R. No. 164800 | 2009-07-22

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

In this Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65, the Republic of the Philippines assails and seeks to nullify the Resolution[1] dated March 28, 2003 of the Sandiganbayan, as effectively reiterated in another resolution of June 18, 2004, which denied petitioner's motion for the issuance of a writ of preliminary attachment in Civil Case No. 0030, entitled Republic v. Alfonso Lim, et al.,[2] a suit to recover ill-gotten or unexplained wealth.

The Facts

On October 2, 1991, in Civil Case No. 0030, the Republic, represented by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), filed before the Sandiganbayan,...