{"id":143856,"date":"2018-01-04T23:10:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T04:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143856"},"modified":"2018-01-04T23:10:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T04:10:34","slug":"faeldon-slams-gordon-for-cruel-degrading-inhumane-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/04\/faeldon-slams-gordon-for-cruel-degrading-inhumane-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Faeldon slams Gordon for \u2018cruel, degrading, inhumane\u2019 treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Former BOC Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon (PCOO Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detained former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon on Thursday accused Chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (SBRC) Richard Gordon of inflicting \u201ccruel, degrading, and inhumane punishment\u201d on him.<\/p>\n

Through a press statement that he claimed could cost his visitation rights, electricity, and water, Faeldon called out Gordon for his treatment against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought all along that cruel, degrading, and inhuman punishment had been outlawed under our Constitution. I was wrong. Sen. Gordon in his capacity as chairman of the SBRC, and for reasons known only to him, has inflicted and is inflicting upon me the following cruel, degrading, and inhumane punishment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Faeldon listed five instances in which he was deprived of his rights.<\/p>\n

According to him, Gordon denied his request to take his oath of office before Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana after being appointed as deputy administrator in the Office of Civil Defense (OCD). He was also denied of being examined by his cardiologist due to his heart ailment.<\/p>\n

The Senator also denied his personal requests like spending his Christmas and New Year with his loved ones, attending to his religious practices, and being present at his youngest child\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been reliably informed that Sen. Gordon did all of the above upon orders of the cement-smuggler senator who vowed vengeance against me for exposing his and his son\u2019s cement-smuggling racket. I was wrong again,\u201d Faeldon stated.<\/p>\n

Though indirectly stated, the former Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner was referring to Senator Panfilo \u201cPing\u201d Lacson and his son Panfilo \u201cPampi\u201d Lacson Jr., whom he earlier accused of cement-smuggling. Lacson has earlier denied his and his son\u2019s involvement in Faeldon\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n

(Read: Lacson says he\u2019ll sue son if guilty<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I totally expected extreme cruelty from the likes of Lacson and [Antonio] Trillanes, I never expected that from Sen. Gordon. What happened to you Sen. Gordon?\u201d Faeldon added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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