Taiwanese investors to take legal action to retake Subic golf course
Taiwanese investors who were ejected by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) are set to file action to restore to their possession the Subic Bay Golf and Country Club and P10-million worth of personal properties and valuables seized during the June 8 takeover the facility, their lawyer said on Saturday.
Lawyer Vic Millora, who is representing the Taiwanese investors, said the Regional Trial Court of Olongapo City has set July 13 as the hearing for their additional petition to stop the SBMA from taking over the disputed facility.
“We will expect a mini war to erupt in the free zone once we get a court order, we will seek assistance of the police to retake the facility,” Millora told The STAR in an interview at the Sulo Hotel.
He said the argument presented by SBMA that they were ejected because they were not able to pay rental and whether they like it or not they will have to obey the courts has no legal basis.
“It’s very basic even in house rental that you cannot just eject your tenant without court order,” he said.
Millora said that before one is ejected, there must be an inventory and smooth enforcement of the court order.
But in this case, he said there was force involved and there were no inventories on the personal properties inside the golf course when the heavily armed SBMA security force barged in and padlocked the facility.
Millora said they have already filed criminal and administrative charges against SBMA officials who were responsible for forcing the Taiwanese out of their facility.
The SBMA earlier said they decided to terminate the contract for the failure of the Taiwanese to pay rentals amounting to P17 million.
But Millora said the SBMA is adopting selective persecution when they were singled out among other investors who were not also paying their rentals.
The Taiwanese were only ranked as the seventh among those who had outstanding arrears in their rentals.
“So what are they doing with the six companies which were not also paying their rentals?” Millora asked. – Perseus Echeminada - PhilStar
Lawyer Vic Millora, who is representing the Taiwanese investors, said the Regional Trial Court of Olongapo City has set July 13 as the hearing for their additional petition to stop the SBMA from taking over the disputed facility.
“We will expect a mini war to erupt in the free zone once we get a court order, we will seek assistance of the police to retake the facility,” Millora told The STAR in an interview at the Sulo Hotel.
He said the argument presented by SBMA that they were ejected because they were not able to pay rental and whether they like it or not they will have to obey the courts has no legal basis.
“It’s very basic even in house rental that you cannot just eject your tenant without court order,” he said.
Millora said that before one is ejected, there must be an inventory and smooth enforcement of the court order.
But in this case, he said there was force involved and there were no inventories on the personal properties inside the golf course when the heavily armed SBMA security force barged in and padlocked the facility.
Millora said they have already filed criminal and administrative charges against SBMA officials who were responsible for forcing the Taiwanese out of their facility.
The SBMA earlier said they decided to terminate the contract for the failure of the Taiwanese to pay rentals amounting to P17 million.
But Millora said the SBMA is adopting selective persecution when they were singled out among other investors who were not also paying their rentals.
The Taiwanese were only ranked as the seventh among those who had outstanding arrears in their rentals.
“So what are they doing with the six companies which were not also paying their rentals?” Millora asked. – Perseus Echeminada - PhilStar
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