Counter Affidavit.docx

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) CITY OF ILOILO ) S.S. X-----------------------------------------------------------X

COUNTER-AFFIDAVIT I, FRITZ Huesta, of legal age, single, Filipino, and resident of Veterans Village, Iloilo City, under oath, depose and say, that: 1. I am the respondent in NPS NO. VI-10-INV-18E0044 for Theft filed by private complainant St. Paul’s Hospital, Inc. (SPHI) represented by Aimee A. Sillo and now pending before the Office of the Prosecutor; 2. I deny the allegation in the complaint of theft, that I stole monies from the complainant; 3. The truth of the matter being as follows: a. I only learned that there was a case against me for theft when I received the subpoena sent to me by the Office of the City Prosecutor; b. I personally know Mr. Riniel hugnaton and known to me as Nong Alex (hereinafter reffered as respondent Molina); c. I personally know that respondent Molina was an employee of the complainant’s hospital and as one of the of the staffs in the Central Sterile Supply Unit (CSSU) therein; d. Respondent Hugnaton has been kind and generous to me and my family, hence, when he requested me to help for making errands for him, I oblige without any doubt; e. One of the errands that said respondent Molina requested from me was to request for refund of certain receipts he provided to me at the CSU of SPHI. He explained to me that he just wanted to recover his money which was utilized to pay the articles as reflected on the receipts he requested me to get a refund on. I am not knowledgeable of the rules and regulations attending the process of refund in CSSU of SPHI, but I trusted respondent Molina knew it since he worked in the said office. With his reasonable and just explanation, I complied. Once the refund is made, I turned over to him the money and he tried to gave me a certain amount but I did not accept;

f. I am not aware that in doing so, I am abetting respondent Molina in the commission of an offense of theft. I have no intention to gain from the said refunds of articles and I am in good faith, and with full trust and confidence with respondent Molina that all the transactions regarding refunds of articles were all by legal means. 4. I am executing this counter-affidavit in order to attest to the truth of all the foregoing statements and for the purpose of preliminary investigation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto affixed my signature this _____ day of March 2012 at _________________.

FRITZ Huesta Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this _____ day of March 2012 at _________________. I further certifies that I have personally examined the affiant and that I am satisfied that he voluntarily executed and understood the contents of his counter-affidavit.