Some offices at the main headquarters of the Yanson Group of Bus Companies, the country’s largest bus firm, in Mansilingan village, Bacolod City were ransacked by unidentified persons on Friday.
The looting was discovered after blue guards of the AGNSA Negros Security Agency were reinstalled in its compound.
Lawyer Norman Golez, legal counsel for Leo Rey Yanson, one of the owners, said about 3,000 official receipts and certificates of registration (OR/CRs) of the company vehicles and 800 land titles were found missing.
“Currently, we are still auditing, doing an inventory of all physical assets, all documents. Regretfully, we found that many, if not all of OR/CRs of the vehicles have been stolen,” Golez said in a press conference held at the main office’s boardroom on Aug. 10.
He joined Leo Rey, who came with matriarch Olivia V. Yanson or OVY, and sister Ginette.
Golez said the Philippine National Police (PNP) has completely turned over the facilities of the main office to Leo Rey as the “rightful president”.
“I would like to thank the Lord for guiding us and giving us the strength to get through these trying times. I continue to pray for peace and the safety of my employees,” Leo Rey said in a prepared statement read before reporters.
He also acknowledged the PNP’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), Supervisory Office on Security and Investigation Agencies (SOSIA), and Highway Patrol Group (HPG) “for seeing the truth and proving to everyone that the rule of law prevails”.
“Thank you also to the public, to all of you who showed your sympathy and support for my mother,” Leo Rey added.
The return of the AGNSA security guards to the main headquarters on Friday signaled the end of the so-called “takeover” of the main office and the south terminal of Leo Rey’s elder brother Roy, who was earlier voted by three other siblings, Ricardo Jr., Celina and Emily, as the new president after ousting Leo Rey during a special board meeting held on July 7.
Sheila Sison, lawyer of Celina and Emily, told reporters on Friday her clients have been traumatized by the “siege” at the main office compound. “We will avail and exhaust all available remedies. Their position, our position is, they are the current management,” Sison said. The court has yet to decide whether the July 7 event was legal or not.
Before the press briefing started on Saturday, staff of the Legal Department showed reporters the damage in their office. Drawers were found open, filing cabinets were left empty, and law books were stolen. Computers in the job hiring area were also missing.
“We will continue our audit. Maybe by next week, we can come up with a full inventory,” Golez said.
On Tuesday, Col. Jaime Santos, chief of PNP-SOSIA Enforcement Management Division, first served the re-installation order for AGNSA at the Bacolod Ceres South Terminal of Vallacar Transit Inc., one of the five firms under the Yanson Group.
In July, Roy dismissed the services of AGNSA Negros Security Agency and hired AY-76 as the replacement.
On August 2, Col. Michael John Dubria, chief of PNP-SOSIA,issued an order “finding the deployment of security guards of AY-76 Security Specialists Inc. at the properties of VTI, particularly at the south and north terminal and its main office, all in Bacolod City, not in compliance with the provisions of the PNP-Standard Operating Procedure No. 007-08.” PNA/IMT
