Witness [handing] the receipt to Fiscal.
FISCAL EVANGELIO:
This receipt was formalized. Will you please read the content of this receipt for
the record?
WITNESS:
Received the amount of P4,000.00 from Nelia Perturbos, representing partial
payment and for processing fee as factory worker for Malaysia.x[10]
Another prosecution witness, Clemencia Bula-ag, testified as follows:
A.
Upon arriving at our house, Emily Perturbos introduced Rhodeline Castillon to us
as her friend.
Q.
Please tell the court if there [was] a conversation between you and Rhodeline?
A.
Yes, sir.
Q.
What was your conversation about?
A.
She [asked] me that we were going abroad.
Q.
What else did she tell you when she said you were going abroad?
A.
She [asked] me, if I was interested to go with them abroad and if I was willing to
pay P8,000.00
Q.
What particular place abroad did she tell you, if any?
A.
Malaysia.
Q.
And what did that P8,000.00, represent?
A.
According to her, that was for the placement fee and initial payment.
Q.
What was your reaction to the offer of the accused?
A.
I told her at that time, I [would] consult my father if he [would] allow me to go
abroad.
Q.
Were you able to get the consent of your father?
A.
Yes, to go abroad.