AYER
PRODUCTIONS PTY. LTD. and McELROY & McELROY FILM PRODUCTIONS, Petitioners,
v. HON. IGNACIO M. CAPULONG and JUAN PONCE ENRILE, Respondents. [G.R. No.
L-82380. April 29, 1988.]; and HAL McELROY, Petitioner, v. HON. IGNACIO M.
CAPULONG, in his capacity as Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of
Makati, Branch 134 and JUAN PONCE ENRILE, Respondents. [G.R. No. L-82398. April
29, 1988.].
“x x x.
13. REMEDIAL
LAW; CIVIL PROCEDURE; COMPLAINT; DISMISSAL; A FUGITIVE FOREFEITS HIS RIGHT TO
PRIVACY THROUGH COURT PROCESSES. — It is, however, important to dispose of the
complaint filed by former Colonel Honasan who, having refused to subject
himself to the legal processes of the Republic and having become once again a
fugitive from justice, must be deemed to have forfeited any right he might have
had to protect his privacy through court processes.
X x x.”