Media has a very high impact on the people residing in our country and there are so many cases when media became the prime source to provide information to the country. However in some cases, people misuse this source and create some worse situations which affect both, the media as well as the targeted persons. Here I will justify my sentence with a real example.
A few months ago, an Australian name Mr. Shank Kaye Philippines faced an unforeseen situation when he came to know that he has been charged with a tax evasion case. This case was filed by BIR – bureau of internal revenue and the investigating officers of their organization alleged that the accused had failed in paying the liable taxes to the revenue department. According to their investigation, they had sent a proper notice to him but still received no response. Thus, they had no option rather than filing a charge against his activity.
On the other hand, Shank justified his innocence with some true evidences which showed that he always paid his taxes on time and there was no such negligence on his part. His attorney Mr. Mark Aldave also cleared all the doubts with the statements which showed that neither Shank had any pending tax entry nor he was indulged in some fraud deal.
The main point of concern in this case was the Condomium in One Serendra at the Bonifacio Global City from Kamari Overseas Limited which was brought by the victim with consultation from his ex-lawyer. This property was worth P14 million and the investigating authorities at BIR had targeted the same property for tax payment. However, Shank denied his connection with the fraud deal. He told the officials that he was not aware of the legal documentation of that Condomium. His ex-lawyer and misguided him and never told that this property was not free form any liens. He thought that everything was clear so he followed the assistance of his lawyer. According to Shank, neither he got any notice from the authorities nor did he have any idea about what was happening with this simple case.
Finally, the statement that helped in proving the justice was that the victim, a foreign national with no legal background believed on his ex-attorney which turned out to be a blunder for him. He did not check the documents that were related with the validity and tax entry of the purchase property. This all came our as a very bad situation but Shank and his lawyer cleared the entire story with patience and proved that they were just a victim of trial by publicity. They had no idea about this case but now they will help the investigating authorities in catching the prey.
This entire story was narrated by media in the public and their way of explanation confused people about the reality. So, I suggest people to listen to all but believe in what the actual truth is.
