跟进：莎拉弹劾审判第42天：辩方证人证实她收取GenCorp逾214万比索、法庭将传唤投资原始记录
菲律宾参议院弹劾法庭11月11日进行第42天审理。辩方证人、GenCorp Industries 与 Metro City Chow Foods 两家公司的法律顾问 Suzette Balucanag-Punay 作证说，副总统莎拉在2022年至2025年间从 GenCorp 收到了共2,142,369.14比索，款项逐年增加，2025年为636,700比索。她说，这是莎拉早年一笔投资的资本返还，与达沃市一家 Jollibee 门店的投资有关；莎拉本人并不持有 GenCorp 的股份，也没有在该公司任职。
控方对这番证词表示欢迎。众议院检方发言人 Zia Alonto Adiong 等人表示，证人的证词证实了付款的存在，反而加强了来源不明财富的指控。主持审理的参议院议长 Francis Escudero 在庭上表示，法庭将发出传票，调取能证明这笔付款合法依据的原始记录。Punay 在询问中拿不出最初投资的原始凭证，也解释不了为何由 GenCorp 来支付一笔经另一家实体投入的出资；她还承认，这类付款属于本应申报的收入。
Escudero 同日裁定，Punay 不得选择性地援引律师与客户之间的保密特权来回避问题：法庭推定两家公司已经授权她出庭作证、并放弃了公司层面的特权，但这一推定不自动延伸到她以个人身份代理的股东个人。弹劾条款目前只剩下关于来源不明财富的第二条，辩方举证正是为了反驳控方金融鉴证报告对莎拉资金往来的指控；法庭尚未对这一条作出裁决。
关联：跟进：菲律宾副总统萨拉弹劾审判恢复：辩方开始举证、22份传票已送达证人
Follow-Up: Day 42 of Sara Duterte's Trial: Defense Witness Confirms ₱2.14 Million in GenCorp Payments, Court to Subpoena Investment Records
The Philippine Senate impeachment court held its 42nd day of trial on November 11. Defense witness Suzette Balucanag-Punay, corporate counsel for GenCorp Industries Inc. and Metro City Chow Foods Corp., testified that Vice President Sara Duterte received a total of ₱2,142,369.14 from GenCorp between 2022 and 2025, with the payments rising each year to ₱636,700 in 2025. She described the money as a return of capital from an earlier investment linked to a Jollibee branch in Davao City, and maintained that Duterte held no shares in GenCorp and no position in the company.
Prosecutors welcomed the testimony. House prosecution spokesperson Zia Alonto Adiong and others said the witness had confirmed the payments and thereby strengthened the unexplained-wealth case. Presiding Officer Francis Escudero said in open court that the court would subpoena the original records supporting the legality and basis of the payments. Under questioning, Punay could not produce the original investment record or explain why GenCorp had made payments on a contribution put in through another entity; she also agreed that such payments were income that should have been declared.
Escudero also ruled the same day that Punay cannot selectively invoke attorney-client privilege: the court presumed the two corporations had authorized her appearance and waived privilege at the corporate level, while clarifying that the presumed waiver does not automatically extend to individual shareholders she separately represents. Only Article II, the unexplained-wealth charge, remains in the impeachment case, and the defense presentation is meant to rebut the prosecution forensic report on Duterte's finances; the court has not decided the article.
来源：菲律宾参议院弹劾法庭
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图片来源：图：菲律宾副总统莎拉·杜特尔特的官方肖像。照片：菲律宾副总统办公室，公共领域，经维基共享资源 / Official portrait of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte. Photo by the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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