FACT-FINDING investigators of the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) recommended the filing of graft charges against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and other individuals in the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of “shabu” or methamphetamine hydrochloride but dismissed similar complaints against President Rodrigo Duterte’s son and son-in-law. “[T]he complaints against former Davao City Vice-Mayor Paolo Duterte and lawyer Manases Carpio were dismissed for lack of basis,” the Ombudsman investigators said in a statement on Wednesday. “The Special Panel of Fact-Finding Investigators recommended the filing of criminal charges for violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019) against former Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, [former]Import Assessment Service (IAS) Director Milo Maestrecampo, [former]Risk Management Office (RMO) Chief Larribert Hilario and…Mary Grace Tecson-Malabed,” the Ombudsman said. “[T]he criminal and administrative charges will undergo preliminary investigation and administrative adjudication, respectively,” the Ombudsman said.

Source: Manila Times May 02, 2018 09:00 UTC