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    Witness: Prosecution's bank account copies are 'fake'

    Copies of Chief Justice Renato Corona's supposed bank accounts acquired by the prosecution are fake documents, a bank official said on Monday.
     
    Philippine Savings Bank-Katipunan Branch Annabelle Tiongson disowned copies of Corona’s bank accounts, noting that they are not faithful reproduction of the original documents.
     
    “These are fake documents. They did not come from our bank,” Tiongson said.
     
    The prosecution attached Corona's photocopied bank records in their request for subpoena and are to be presented as evidence for Article II of the impeachment complaint which pertains to Corona’s statements of assets, liabilities and net worth.
     
    Prosecutor Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali earlier told the impeachment court that a “small lady” approached him with the photocopies of the bank documents in Feb. 2.
     
    However, Senator Vicento Sotto III noted that based on the CCTV footage of the Senate during that day, no “small lady” handed Umali such documents.
     
    “Mahirap naman paniwalaan yung script ninyo. Why do you need to attach fake documents with your request for subpoena?” Senator Jinggoy Estrada told the prosecution.
     
    Lead prosecutor Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas replied that they were in “good faith” when they attached the copies.
     
    “If it is a fake document, then I think it is proper to cancel the subpoena,” said Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, presiding officer of the impeachment court.
     
    Enrile gave the prosecution 24 hours to explain how they obtained the leaked bank documents.
     
    “We are all lawyers here. There are ethical standards to be observed by us,” Enrile reminded the House panel.
     
    Meanwhile, Senator Francis Escudero pointed out that PSBank President Pascual Garcia has already testified that the bank accounts indicated in the leaked documents existed.
     
    Escudero asked Tiongson to check once more and compare the leaked documents with their original copies to verify under oath if they are fake or not.

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    • Vic  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      I AM SURPRISED AT HOW EVERYBODY SEEMS TO HAVE MISSED THE POINT WHY THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS MADE THE BASIS OF THE SUBPOENA HAD TO BE FAKE!

      IF IT WERE GENUINE, THEN ANY INFORMATION TAKEN FROM IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE ONCE FORMALLY OFFERED, BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE INFORMATION GATHERED IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE BANK SECRECY LAW. REMEMBER "THE FRUIT OF THE POISONED TREE' THEY ARE SO FOND OF POINTING AT?

      SINCE IT ADMITTEDLY IS FAKE, THEN IT IS A DOCUMENT NOT ISSUED BY THE BANK AND, THEREFORE, NOT FROM THE BANK. THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF THE BANK CONFIDENTIALITY LAW! INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM IT CANNOT BE SAID TO BE INFORMATION OBTAINED IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW. THE INFORMATION CANNOT BE CATEGORIZED AS THE "FRUIT FROM THE POISONED TREE!"

      WHILE THE DOCUMENT IS BY ITSELF INADMISSIBLE FOR BEING FAKE (UNLESS USED IN THE PROSECUTION OF THE PERSON WHO FALSIFIED IT), THE BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS THEREIN WRITTEN WERE EXPRESSLY ADMITTED BY THE BANK PRESIDENT AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, BY THE BRANCH MANAGER TO BE EXISTING IN THEIR BANK'S RECORDS AND CORRESPOND TO THE BANK DEPOSIT ACCOUNT NUMBERS OF CJ CORONA! THEY ARE, THEREFORE, TRUE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THE PROSECUTORS TO THE IMPEACHMENT COURT WHEN THEY (PROSECUTORS) REQUESTED FOR A SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM. THE SUBPOENA WAS ISSUED BASED ON CORRECT INFORMATION! THE IMPEACHMENT COURT WAS NOT MISLED, AS SEN. ___ SANTIAGO AND OTHERS WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE.

      ANO NGA BA ANG KASABIHAN NATIN? "MATALINO MAN DAW, ANG MATSING AY NAPAGLALANGAN DIN."

      THE PROSECUTORS MUST BE LAUGHING THEMSELVES SILLY ALL THE WAY TO THE BATASAN!
      • Brgy. Capt 3 months ago
        ANO NGA BA ANG KASABIHAN NATIN? "MATALINO MAN DAW, ANG MATSING AY NAPAGLALANGAN DIN." ----- see? You yourself admit that they did something UNETHICAL to MISLEAD THE COURT.... SHAME, LOL.
      • stephen punzalan 3 months ago
        let's make it more simpler.. kung meron ako genuine na driver's license at ipa-kopya ko sa recto; is my duplicated driver's license valid or not?

        It is not about bank secrecy law; they are talking about peso deposit. Bank secrecy law doesn't apply for peso accounts if summoned by the impeachment court.

        The dollar account is totally protected by bank secrecy law even from the impeachment court; which the SC has given a TRO and the Senator-Judges heeds to the rulings..
      • snickle 3 months ago
        guys comment ko lang. Why did the bank tolerated such dollar account to be mixed with local currency account? kaya nga Sen.Enrile said "kasalan n'yo yan bakit n'yo pinag halo-halo? like it or not, he availed a dollar account because of bank secrecy law. CJ is in-deed smart don't you think? So, he has a lot of explaining to do to the citizens of this country because "Public office is a public trust".
    • ericgmilan  •  3 months ago
      simula na ang lokohan sa senado!
      • Archie Quint 3 months ago
        EDIT..EDIT..DOCUMENTS..EDIT..EDIT..HEHEHEHE..LARO LANG YAN..in my opinion..maybe..
      • Miguelito 3 months ago
        simula? ang alam ko matagal nang lokohan yan.
      • Gil 3 months ago
        matagal na ang lokohan sa senado
    • Katandaang Makabayan  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Again... that's what you get for not being prepared Congressmen Prosecutors. Biruin nyo...may little lady na nag abot ng documents..pinaniwalaan ka agad? Ano kayo TANGA?
      • Ed 3 months ago
        Kagandahang Makabayan - That's how smart our congressmen are!! And we expect them to enact laws? OMG!!
      • rodjan 3 months ago
        sana sa susunod si cong. tupas naman ang imbistigahan, kase meron din siyang malaking mansyon na ipinapatayo......
      • pepe 3 months ago
        AT SI PANOT Dahil may binenta na property na walang tax hehehe...
    • Jack  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Who is telling the truth the President of PS Bank or the Mgr of PS Bank?
      Nagtatanong lang po. peace!
      • Vladimir 3 months ago
        We don't know...but as far as i am concern mas naniniwala ako sa manager dahil sya ang mas nagtra2baho at mas nakakakita ng mga documents..madalas kasi ng president pi2rma nlng yan..
      • Jack 3 months ago
        you have a point.
        Meron po bang agree kay Vladimir?
        meron bang nagsasabi na presidente ang nagsasabi ng totoo?
        Meron bang nagsasabi na nililito lang tayo ng PS bank para mawala sa kanila ang pananagutan?
        Mag bigay ng opinion lang po sana iba.
      • Kael Ash 3 months ago
        agree ako ky vlad...ung presidente e pprma lng..ang managers ung mga frontliners ng companya pati na ung mga tellers etc...
    • Lemuel Paolo  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      This is actually a huge incompetence by the senate impeachment court. Before doling out and even defending a subpoena that would wreak havoc to the countries' banking industry they should've ensured first that the document they are basing their subpoena on is fake or not. They should've first subpoena'd the original document along with pertinent connected documents before generalizing ALL records indicated in the document to be subpeona'd. And then ngayon when the bank in question is denouncing the document, they suddenly admonish the prosecution for offering fake evidence, where as they had the power to verify it in the first place, BEFORE making a decision that would affect the whole banking industry in the Philippines.
      • josel 3 months ago
        MAY LAPSES sa part ng impeachment court,tama ka dapat verified ang documents at nung una pa lang sinabi na nang presidente ng PSB magkaiba ang itsura...
      • Fae Cheska Marie Esperas 3 months ago
        Pero hindi ba dapat aware din ang both counsels that they are working along the lines of moral and professional ethics? Hindi sila mga bata na papaalalahanan ng tama at mali.
      • ora 3 months ago
        alam nyo, nililigaw lang kayo ng mga taga psbank! believe me, ipalabas nyo ang original amnd we'll compare two things.yung document lang ang hindi genuine BUT ang pinakaimportante, THE ACCOUNTS ARE EXISTING, DOCUMNETS LANG YUN EH. GET THE REAL ONE FROM PSBANK THE POINT IS, THE ACCOUNTS ARE EXISTING!
    • Nrames Ymor  •  3 months ago
      NAKAKAHIYA! tsk tsk
    • archer  •  Doha, Qatar  •  3 months ago
      Witness: Prosecution's bank account copies are 'fake'
      yung laman ng fake documents mali din ba
    • Jack  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Sigurado po ba tayo na fake aside from the mere say so of the witness?
    • Aquaman  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      seems all prosecution had were account numbers which could easily be obtained from checks issued. then they made fake account statements (all they needed were the true account numbers from checks issued). Then they issued a sobpoena.
      Tutuo lang, ang palpak ng prosecution. Parang minadali lahat kaya mali mali. If all they had were fake docs and submitted them as evidence, drop na kaso nito. Kakahiya.....
    • Joy  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Tanong ko lang po kung meron na po bang nakakita sa original documents aside from those from PS Bank? Sana magka closure ito at di matulad sa 2nd envelope issue nung time ni Erap.
    • Sandsoff DeBeach  •  3 months ago
      Dissecting the testimonies: Branch Manager - " they are NOT FAITHFUL reproduction of the ORIGINAL DOCUMENT. Bank President - the BANK ACCOUNTs indicated in the leaked documents EXISTED.
      Are the statements of the Branch Manager and the Bank President conflicting or are suppletory to one another? President says the account exists and the Branch Manager says the content of the account is not the "faithful" reproduction of the original.
      Rationale for the Prosecution's presentation of the "tampered" documents.... "they want to open a gift wrapped box belonging to another person but in order to open it forcefully they implied that there is a bomb inside it." Fortunately, there are laws that protects everybody against unscrupulous and abusive exercise of authority.
      Is it lawful to present "UNFAITHFUL REPRODUCTION" of the original document as evidences in any proceeding?
    • A  •  3 months ago
      My goodness, where is the wisdom? Why did they checked the cctv records, looking for the 'small lady '. Susmaryosep, dont you understand, cctv cant detect her, tiyanak nga ang nag abot eh. Next time may ipapakita naman si Tupas, yung iaabot ng kapre. Gets nyo na? Message is simple, the followers of abnoys are bunch of jokes and hypocrites. Dapat ma disbar si Umali at Quimbo, pareho sinungaling na mayabang, they make impeachment trial a mockery of justice system.
    • Whoa  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      its not what you know..its what u can prove in the court - law abiding citizen
    • Baby  •  3 months ago
      Prosecution Motto: Lie and Lie until you succeed.
    • Cesar  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      Baka sinabi lang ng witness na fake para di sumabit ang kung sino man sa PS Bank! The senate should have clarified kung fake o di lang faithful reproduction as Reggie said and checked the original as against the prosecution's documents.
    • Glenn  •  Carlsbad, United States  •  3 months ago
      One rule in the application of Law is consistency, consistency of evidence and statements. The prosecution seems to have created the game, started the game. Yet on game time forgot to bring their A game... Too bad tsk tsk or shall we say such a pity. Even if they have the truth on their side (granting), simply they are losing it Big Time. I am no fanatic of CJ, but let's all face it... This impeachment case is ILL Prepared... Defense wins!
    • christine  •  Manila, National Capital Region  •  3 months ago
      the world is watching the proceedings. this matter must be handled appropriately. uphold the rule of law! introduction of a fake document in any proceeding is UNACCEPTABLE!
    • Fae Cheska Marie Esperas  •  Tacloban City, Eastern Visayas  •  3 months ago
      Prosecution: WE NEVER SAID BANK DOCUMENTS WERE GENUINE.

      WTF? How can the Filipino people respect and uphold the law when the lawmakers themselves are tarnishing its name. This is the real problem of the society; our very leaders are the ones who spearhead moral bankruptcy in this country.

      Presenting evidence without verification of legitimacy. Hindi ba nakakahiya yun?

      KADIRE.
    • jojo  •  3 months ago
      kaya cguro may kasalang lumalabas, teka peke din ba?
    • AMINODEN GUMAMA  •  3 months ago
      PANINDIGAN NA LANG NI PSBANK PRESIDENT YUNG MGA CONFIRMATION NYA SA MGA ACCOUNT NUMBERS WHEN HE WAS ASKED MY PRESIDING OFFICER. FAKE NGA YUNG DOCUMENT PERU MAY KATOTOHANANG NAMAN PALANG LAMAN.
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