6 Customs execs get 6-month suspension for smuggling
By Tetch Torres - INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines -- Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has meted a six-month preventive suspension against six officials of the Bureau of Customs allegedly involved in the smuggling of 14 luxury vehicles in February.
Ordered suspended were Jocelyn Dullas, acting chief of the Certificate of Payment Unit; Orlando Ronquillo, Rustico Mallari, and Enrico Cruz, examiners; Ebrahim Pankatan and Rodolfo Casis, principal appraisers; all from the BoC, Port of Subic.
"The presence of their names and signatures in the documents brings forth the prima facie presumption that they deliberately participated in its execution and had admitted the veracity of the written items contained therein," Gutierrez said as she ordered Finance Secretary Margarito Teves to immediately implement the order.
Based on the complaint filed by the Department of Finance-Revenue Integrity Protection Service (DoF-RIPS), Customs Commissioner Napolen Morales was informed of the alleged smuggling of high-end luxury vehicles consigned to Hidemitsu Trading Corp: four BMW passenger cars; two SUV Acura MDX passenger cars; a Cadillac Escalade Ext pick up truck 2007; a Cadillac Escalade Utility vehicle 2007; three Audi A8L passenger cars 2006; a Corvette Convertible passenger car 2006; an SUV Infinity FX45 2005; an SUV Nissan Armada 2006; a Mercedes Benz S550 passenger car 2006; and a Mercedes Benz S350 car 2006.
The vehicles were allegedly taken out of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone without the required taxes and duties.
Further investigation by the BoC’s Task Force Anti-Smuggling-Special Operation Group showed that the Mercedes Benz S550 and S350 were still inside the SBMA while the remaining 14 were seen in Angeles City and Quezon City.
In June 15, 2007 the BoC issued a consolidated decision ordering the forfeiture of the vehicles in favor of the government. That same decision was used as basis in the filing of the complaint with the Ombudsman.
The respondents denied the allegations against them by saying that their signatures had been faked.
MANILA, Philippines -- Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez has meted a six-month preventive suspension against six officials of the Bureau of Customs allegedly involved in the smuggling of 14 luxury vehicles in February.
Ordered suspended were Jocelyn Dullas, acting chief of the Certificate of Payment Unit; Orlando Ronquillo, Rustico Mallari, and Enrico Cruz, examiners; Ebrahim Pankatan and Rodolfo Casis, principal appraisers; all from the BoC, Port of Subic.
"The presence of their names and signatures in the documents brings forth the prima facie presumption that they deliberately participated in its execution and had admitted the veracity of the written items contained therein," Gutierrez said as she ordered Finance Secretary Margarito Teves to immediately implement the order.
Based on the complaint filed by the Department of Finance-Revenue Integrity Protection Service (DoF-RIPS), Customs Commissioner Napolen Morales was informed of the alleged smuggling of high-end luxury vehicles consigned to Hidemitsu Trading Corp: four BMW passenger cars; two SUV Acura MDX passenger cars; a Cadillac Escalade Ext pick up truck 2007; a Cadillac Escalade Utility vehicle 2007; three Audi A8L passenger cars 2006; a Corvette Convertible passenger car 2006; an SUV Infinity FX45 2005; an SUV Nissan Armada 2006; a Mercedes Benz S550 passenger car 2006; and a Mercedes Benz S350 car 2006.
The vehicles were allegedly taken out of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone without the required taxes and duties.
Further investigation by the BoC’s Task Force Anti-Smuggling-Special Operation Group showed that the Mercedes Benz S550 and S350 were still inside the SBMA while the remaining 14 were seen in Angeles City and Quezon City.
In June 15, 2007 the BoC issued a consolidated decision ordering the forfeiture of the vehicles in favor of the government. That same decision was used as basis in the filing of the complaint with the Ombudsman.
The respondents denied the allegations against them by saying that their signatures had been faked.
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