Impeachment Court denies bid to open sealed BIR box with VP Sara Duterte tax records

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Impeachment Court denies bid to open sealed BIR box with VP Sara Duterte tax records  Impeachment Court spokesman Regie Tongol says the court denied the prosecution's request to open and mark the contents of the sealed "BIR box" containing the tax records of Vice President Sara Duterte.   Videos by Bernadette E. Tamayo  ‎Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe ‎ ‎Visit our website at [https://www.manilatimes.net](https://www.manilatimes.net/) ‎ ‎Follow us: ‎Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook ‎Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram ‎Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter ‎DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion ‎ ‎Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital ‎ ‎Check out our Podcasts: ‎Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify ‎Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts ‎Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic ‎Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer ‎Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein ‎ ‎Stay tuned for more updates throughout the day, and remember to stay safe, stay informed, and stay connected.

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00:00As to the BIR box, the court denied the prosecution's request to open and mark the contents of the sealed

00:09BIR box of tax documents transmitted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

00:15Applying the Supreme Court ruling in Land Bank v. Pagayatan, the court stated that it cannot take legal custody of

00:23items not officially deposited through proper judicial processes.

00:27The court ordered the immediate return of the box to the BIR by tomorrow morning.

00:33However, this does not preclude the prosecution or any party for that matter to ask the court for the issuance

00:43of any sakpina du sesteku, for which the BIR shall also be bound to comply.

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