CEBU CITY -- Two more motorcycle dealers are facing charges for allegedly violating the law that requires the on-time registration of sold motorcycles.
Victor Emmanuel Caindec, chief of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7), on Monday, Feb. 13, filed charges against motorcycle dealers Premio Corporation and Des Strong Motors Inc. for alleged violation of Section 4 of the Republic Act 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act.
The filing of charges came less than a week after Caindec sued Des Marketing and Du Ek Sam for allegedly committing the same offense.
The involved motorcycle dealers are known to be sister-companies, the LTO-7 chief said.
Among those charged were corporate officers, owners, including employees of Premio Corporation that included Mark Allen Du, Jeanine Du, Fe Socorro Du, Roxcel Cabrillos and Dexter Vale.
Also charged were Silvestre Lumapas Jr., Marilou Du-Lumapas, Renie Tumon, and Emelita Binarao of Des Strong Motors Inc.
In his complaint, Caindec said different companies and individuals who purchased motorcycle units from the above-mentioned dealers were said to have been victimized by the fraudulent schemes of these dealers.
In filing the charges, Caindec cited the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Section 4 of Republic Act 11235 stating that initial registration of a motorcycle shall be made with the LTO by the owner or the dealer, if authorized by the former, within five days from the date of the sales invoice for brand new locally purchased motorcycles, or from the Certificate of Stock Reported (CSR) report date for new or used imported motorcycles.
The motorcycle dealers facing the charges violated this provision of the law, Caindec said.
Caindec said more cases are set to be filed against these dealers.
"We have initially filed 13 cases last week and now we have filed 10. We have prepared hundreds of the same cases against these major motorcycle dealers and again, this is for those victims of their illegal schemes that for years were kept silent for their rights," said Caindec.
Under the law, dealers proven guilty of the violation shall face "a penalty of imprisonment or arresto mayor to prision correccional, as defined under the Revised Penal Code, or a fine of not less than P20,000 but not more than P50,000 or both.”