He said he was simply passing on to the defence department a “complaint” the Office of the President had received. However, Lorenzana told the inquiry on Monday that he could not be certain who gave it to him. Hanwha Land Systems in South Korea did not immediately respond to a request for comment and was not represented at the hearing. He said the frigate controversy was “seriously derailing” the implementation of an important security program and was cooked-up by the administration’s opponents. Mercado told the hearing that said he had at no point spoken to Go about the weapons system.

Source: Bangkok Post February 19, 2018 06:22 UTC