Court seizes car used by Joy Ouano

CEBU, Philippines – The court's sheriff seized Wednesday a car from Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) president and barangay Opao captain Joy Ouano on the strength of a writ of replevin issued by the Clerk of Court IV of the Regional Trial Court in Cebu City.

The white Kia Sportage was in the name of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Eduardo Ho Lim Jr. but it was Ouano, who used it.

The writ was issued after East West Banking Corporation asked the court to seize the car.

On August 16 Judge Generosa Labra of the RTC branch 23 granted the issuance of the writ.

As alleged, banks no longer extend credit to Ouano as a result of her pending estafa cases.

This is the reason why the car was in Mr. and Mrs. Lim's names.

Lim is Ouano's brother-in-law who is married to Babita Ouano, Joy's sister.

Ouano denied she owned the car. She said it belongs to a private person and there was no reason why she should talk about it.

Ouano claimed some people might have planned this to ruin her political life.

"This is a personal matter, which has nothing to do with me because it is not mine and it belongs to a very private person," Ouano said. (FREEMAN)