{"id":116646,"date":"2017-09-07T22:11:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T02:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=116646"},"modified":"2017-09-07T22:11:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T02:11:35","slug":"paolo-duterte-mans-carpio-shabu-smuggling-allegations-baseless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/07\/paolo-duterte-mans-carpio-shabu-smuggling-allegations-baseless\/","title":{"rendered":"Paolo Duterte, Mans Carpio: Shabu smuggling allegations ‘baseless’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential son and Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and his brother-in-law Manases Carpio faced a Senate panel on Thursday to \u201conce and for all\u201d deny their involvement in the PHP6.4 billion worth of shabu shipment from China. (Photo<\/a>: Vice Mayor Pulong Duterte – Official\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Presidential son and Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and his brother-in-law Manases Carpio faced a Senate panel on Thursday to \u201conce and for all\u201d deny their involvement in the PHP6.4 billion worth of shabu shipment from China.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce and for all, I now have the time to deny any and all baseless allegations thrown against me,\u201d Duterte said in his opening statement before Senator Antonio Trillanes IV began asking him questions.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he and Carpio showed up \u201cin compliance with the invitation of the Senate blue ribbon committee\u201d and as a \u201cgesture of respect to the Senate as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

He started speaking in Bisaya, but eventually shifted to English, explaining that his presence there is for the Filipino and for his fellow Davaoenos.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very sorry, but I cannot answer allegations based on hearsay,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He ended his opening statement quoting a colleague in the Davao City Council which he did not name.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026The law of karma will operate, especially to those with evil intent,\u201d he said, pointing out that a senator, which he did not name, once called his family \u201ca family of murderers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carpio, like Duterte, also denied his knowledge of and involvement in the illegal drug shipment.<\/p>\n

He also denied knowing Customs broker and fixer Mark Taguba who initially claimed that he and Paolo Duterte facilitated the illegal shipment, but later retracted this saying it was \u201chearsay.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know Mark Taguba and have not met him,\u201d Carpio said.<\/p>\n

He explained that as a lawyer by profession, his practice involved representing clients in courts including the Bureau of Customs (BOC).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe case I\u2019m working on in the BOC dates back to the administration of President (Benigno) Aquino,\u201d Carpio said.<\/p>\n

He, meanwhile, vowed to help the committee in whatever way he can as a resource person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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