By Azer Parrocha
MANILA, (PNA) — Janet Napoles had more or less 40 and not just 28 properties across the country, said a whistleblower who testified before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee during its fifth probe on the pork barrel scam on Thursday.
The whistleblower, Marina Sula, a former finance officer of JLN Corp who was entrusted to keep keys, withdrew transactions and open bank accounts, showed a photocopy notebook pages which listed Napoles’ properties.
These, as well as Napoles’ memberships in exclusive clubs, were already handed to the National Bureau of Investigation, she said.
These were apartments, condominiums and lots in the cities of Antipolo, Makati, Muntinlupa, Taguig, Pasig, in Metro Manila; Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Kidapawan City in North Cotabato province, and in Davao.
Most of them are considered prime, being located in Bonifacio Global City, Makati City, Eastwood City and the like.
Sula even said that one of Napoles employees informed her that among the properties, one from Rockwell was said to have been named after the wife of former Malacanang consultant linked to Napoles, Brian Yamsuan.
Though there were still documents that needed to be signed for the transfer to complete, she said.
She said that aside from paying the real property taxes for Napoles’ properties, she processed requirements in 2000 to 2006 for Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) for Napoles NGOs on certificate of good standing.
Processing of papers at the Dept. of Agriculture, Agrarian Reform and making liquidation reports and identifying beneficiaries with Napoles as well as transferring and shredding documents was also part of her job.
According to Sula as well as star witness, Benhur Luy, Napoles’ properties could cost about P3 billion as of 2012.