{"id":113647,"date":"2017-08-23T21:51:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T01:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=113647"},"modified":"2017-08-23T21:51:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T01:51:19","slug":"faeldon-denies-receiving-p100-m-welcome-gift-from-smugglers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/23\/faeldon-denies-receiving-p100-m-welcome-gift-from-smugglers\/","title":{"rendered":"Faeldon denies receiving P100-M ‘welcome gift’ from smugglers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE PHOTO\/ Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon. (Photo by Presidential Communications Operations Office )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u00a0\u2014 Outgoing Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon denied Senator Panfilo Lacson’s claim that he allegedly received PHP100 million as a ‘welcome gift’ from smugglers right after assuming as the commission’s head.<\/p>\n

“I have not asked anybody to collect tara for me nor have I accepted any tara from anybody,” Faeldon said in statement issued an hour after Lacson delivered his privilege speech Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

In his speech, Lacson tagged Faeldon and other BOC officials as among those who allegedly received “payola” from smugglers.<\/p>\n

“Again, I have not done any form of corruption in my many years of government service nor tolerated those who tried even in the form of request. No is no,” Faledon added.<\/p>\n

With this, Faeldon has requested for a third party investigation on the matter.<\/p>\n

“The country will appreciate if a third party investigation by a competent body will be conducted so that justice will be served. Just like the Honorable Senator Lacson and the Filipino people, I want the truth to come out,” he stressed.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the President announced that he had accepted Faeldon’s resignation.<\/p>\n

The President then announced that Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Dir. Gen. Isidro Lape\u00f1a will replace Faeldon as BOC chief.\u00a0 (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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