Heads may roll at the Bureau of Customs once proven that any of the agency’s personnel were in connivance with smugglers using recycled sugar import permits, the Palace said. | NAMercadoINQ
Acting Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz, in his report to Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez, said that the 7,021 metric tons of Thai white sugar loaded in the cargo vessel MV Bangpakaew was equivalent to 140,000 bags, with total tax payment valued at more than P45.6 million.
“Initially, the cargo vessel was allowed to discharge its load at 11 a.m. today , cleared by SRA and BOC because it was not covered by the failed attempt to import 300,000 MT of sugar,” Tacio was quoted as saying in the OPS press release.President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. earlier rejected Sugar Order No. 4, which would have authorized the importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar in the country.
The report from the OES identified several persons who allegedly control Subic Port, according to the OPS.“This is clearly economic sabotage and this crime is non-bailable,” the report from OES said.
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