Group slams brains of 'shabu' smuggling
OLONGAPO CITY—A top official of the Ang Kapatiran political party assailed the brains behind the attempted smuggling of over 700 kilograms of high grade shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) worth at least P4 billion at the Subic Bay Freeport last month.
He said the "polluted political environment" in the country makes the illicit drug trade prevalent.
Nandy Pacheco, founder and chair emeritus of the Ang Kapatiran, was reacting to reports that certain government officials were involved in the attempt to smuggle illegal drugs out of the freeport.
"What is happening in Subic is a failure of this country's leaders. What happens afterwards is our own failure if we persist in standing on the sidelines and doing nothing to change the status quo," he said.
Pacheco, founder of the Gunless Society, said the suspects in the illicit drug trade wield deadly weapons with the intent of using them indiscriminately, and even killing those who get into their way.
"Guns and drugs feed on each other. It's important that you don't just complain about things but that you try to do something about them. Dirty or 'trapo' politics won't change unless you change it," he said.
Pacheco said the Ang Kapatiran planned to raise people's consciousness in Zambales by visiting various parishes and appealing to the laity to bolster support for those who are "fighting for the truth to be known and exposing this drug lord's enablers in the government."
He said Eric Manalang, the party's president, is giving special attention to the youth.
The party is also looking for leaders who "denounce and fight whenever and wherever the ugly head of corruption is seen," Pacheco said.
John Carlos de los Reyes, the lone Ang Kapatiran winner in the 2004 elections for Olongapo councilors, urged Subic officials to disclose to the public the official and final report by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and other government agencies involved in the investigation of the shabu smuggling.
He commended the joint efforts of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the SBMA in thwarting the smuggling but noted that these agencies have yet to file charges against the officials involved.
"All those involved and their sinister friends in the government must be prosecuted," he said.
So far, nothing definitive has come out of the investigation. The PDEA chief, retired Gen. Dionisio Santiago, said his men were still "getting a lot of information but we continue to check the veracity of these."
"We are carefully analyzing these because some leads may be just ploys [to divert our attention]," he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in an earlier interview.
He said investigators were crosschecking data as they trace the whereabouts of the main suspect, Anthony "Anton" Ang, the vessel F/B Shun Fa Xing V-031 and its captain, Jou Jong Rong.
Both men as well as four incorporators of Ang's company and Jou's five crewmen have been placed on the hold-departure list of the Bureau of Immigration since May 29. By Robert Gonzaga - Inquirer Central Luzon Desk
He said the "polluted political environment" in the country makes the illicit drug trade prevalent.
Nandy Pacheco, founder and chair emeritus of the Ang Kapatiran, was reacting to reports that certain government officials were involved in the attempt to smuggle illegal drugs out of the freeport.
"What is happening in Subic is a failure of this country's leaders. What happens afterwards is our own failure if we persist in standing on the sidelines and doing nothing to change the status quo," he said.
Pacheco, founder of the Gunless Society, said the suspects in the illicit drug trade wield deadly weapons with the intent of using them indiscriminately, and even killing those who get into their way.
"Guns and drugs feed on each other. It's important that you don't just complain about things but that you try to do something about them. Dirty or 'trapo' politics won't change unless you change it," he said.
Pacheco said the Ang Kapatiran planned to raise people's consciousness in Zambales by visiting various parishes and appealing to the laity to bolster support for those who are "fighting for the truth to be known and exposing this drug lord's enablers in the government."
He said Eric Manalang, the party's president, is giving special attention to the youth.
The party is also looking for leaders who "denounce and fight whenever and wherever the ugly head of corruption is seen," Pacheco said.
John Carlos de los Reyes, the lone Ang Kapatiran winner in the 2004 elections for Olongapo councilors, urged Subic officials to disclose to the public the official and final report by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and other government agencies involved in the investigation of the shabu smuggling.
He commended the joint efforts of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the SBMA in thwarting the smuggling but noted that these agencies have yet to file charges against the officials involved.
"All those involved and their sinister friends in the government must be prosecuted," he said.
So far, nothing definitive has come out of the investigation. The PDEA chief, retired Gen. Dionisio Santiago, said his men were still "getting a lot of information but we continue to check the veracity of these."
"We are carefully analyzing these because some leads may be just ploys [to divert our attention]," he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in an earlier interview.
He said investigators were crosschecking data as they trace the whereabouts of the main suspect, Anthony "Anton" Ang, the vessel F/B Shun Fa Xing V-031 and its captain, Jou Jong Rong.
Both men as well as four incorporators of Ang's company and Jou's five crewmen have been placed on the hold-departure list of the Bureau of Immigration since May 29. By Robert Gonzaga - Inquirer Central Luzon Desk
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