Lapu-Lapu worker faces court trial for not issuing receipt

AN employee of the Office of the Registry of Deeds in Lapu-Lapu City will be facing trial for failing to issue an official receipt.

Kim Sansan was indicted by the Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas on charges of violating provisions of Presidential Decree 1445 or the Government Audutung Code.

Bail was recommended at P2,000.

The case stemmed from a complaint of Cipriano Lagura, who gave P600 to the respondent as payment of the release of a Certificate of Title.

The complainant said Sansan did not give him an official receipt for the payment on Nov. 25, 2009.

Although the complainant lacked requirements in order to secure what he wanted, Sansan said she released the document to the complainant for “humanitarian considerations.”

Sansan said the document was released to Lagura subject to the condition that the complainant would leave the money for the payment of the required fees.

Sansan, an administrative aide at the Office of the Register of Deeds in Lapu-Lapu, said no official receipt was released since the cashier, who keeps the receipt, was not around at the time.

Graft investigation and prosecution officer Sarah Vergara said Sansan should not have agreed to the documents had she been mindful of her responsibilities./REPORTER ADOR VINCENT S. MAYOL