SEI - Press Relaese

SO THAT THE PUBLIC MAY KNOW

Recently, grossly inaccurate news reports appeared in major newspapers, specifically the articles entitled “Court Junks Suit Trying To Stop Power Project in Masbate”, appearing in the January 20, 2006 issue of The Business Mirror, the article entitled “Court Clears Way for PNOC Project” in the January 13, 2006 issue of Manila Standard Today, and the article titled “Alternative Energy Source for Masbate” that appeared in the ABS CBN Interactive website on January 13, 2006 and in The Manila Times on January 12, 2006.

Said articles inaccurately stated that the negotiations between PNOC and Shelby Anstalt for an alternative fuel source project in Masbate involving gasification technology and RGV2000M equipment patented by Dr. Eugene Sukhin alias YEVGEN SUKHIN was in full swing after a regional trial court has thrown out or dismissed as a nuisance suit a case filed to stop the same.

To set the record straight and to protect the public from acting on erroneous reports, the intra-corporate suit filed by Sukhin Energy, Inc. (SEI) against Dr. Eugene Sukhin was never “junked” or “thrown out” as a nuisance suit. The case, “Sukhin Energy, Inc. vs. Dr. Eugene Sukhin”, Civil Case No. 05-500, is still pending before Branch 61 of the RTC of Makati, and in fact the aforementioned court at first issued a writ of preliminary injunction in July 2005, stating that Dr. Eugene Sukhin, “his representatives, agents, assigns and all persons and entities claiming right and authority under him are hereby enjoined from entering into new agreements and/or contracts with the Philippine National Oil Company, the National Power Corporation and/or the Department of Energy and other entities that seeks to supersede either the March 18, 2005 or the November 12, 2004 Memoranda of Understanding, or involving matters and contracts related thereto, during the pendency of the instant case.”

While the writ of preliminary injunction was ordered dissolved by Hon. Judge Barza on November 18, 2005, said dissolution was conditioned on the posting by Dr. Eugene Sukhin alias YEVGEN SUKHIN of a P10 Million bond, which he has yet to post, despite the lapse of more than EIGHT (8) months. This means that the writ of preliminary injunction is still in effect. 

For the information of the public, the case was filed by the corporation SEI (and not by David de Montaigne, who was a mere witness in the case) to protect the corporation and its stockholders from the disloyal acts of its erstwhile director Eugene Sukhin alias YEVGEN SUKHIN in stealing the contracts with NPC and PNOC away from SEI.  

SEI also sued NPC in the case of “Sukhin Energy, Inc. vs. National Power Corporation”, pending before Branch 145 of the RTC of Makati. SEI also filed a case against PNOC, and said case is docketed as “Sukhin Energy, Inc. vs. Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC)”, Civil Case No. 05-565 pending before Branch 62 of the RTC of Makati.  All these cases are still pending before the respective courts and none have been “junked” or “thrown out”.

In addition, a stockholder of the Corporation SEI filed a complaint before the Ombudsman against PNOC President Eduardo Manalac for violation of Section 3 (e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act or Rep. Act. No. 3019, and for breach of his duties as a public official under Rep. Act No. 6713, or the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards For Public Officials and Employees. The same complaint also charges Dr. Eugene Sukhin alias YEVGEN SUKHIN, Vincent Sweeney and Oleksii Pohorielov for violation of Section 3 (e), in relation to Section 4 of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act or Rep. Act. No. 3019.

The Corporation filed these cases in order to protect its rights. It is a matter of record that it was the Corporation, Sukhin Energy, Inc., executed an Agreement with the National Power Corporation dated November 12, 2004 for the use of Biomass as an alternative fuel source in NPC Power Plants, in Masbate. It was also Sukhin Energy, Inc. that signed on March 18, 2005 an agreement with the PNOC and the Department of Energy (DOE) for the formation of a Joint Venture Company (Segas) that will set up one mother Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) filling station and two daughter CNG filling stations for the Natural Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport (NGVPPT) of the Government. The Corporation and its officers, particularly David de Montaigne and Maribeth de Montaigne, worked very hard to secure these agreements. Unfortunately, these have also been subjected to harassment through the filing of a baseless estafa case (which has since been dismissed by the Prosecutor’s Office of Makati since last year) and a deportation complaint (which has been fully addressed and is pending resolution by the Bureau of Immigration).      

The Corporation has a right under law to protect its interests and seek the aid of the courts to do so.

And the public has a right to know the truth, and to receive accurate information.

Sukhin Energy Inc.

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