Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, October 7 cited in contempt two persons believed to have been used by smugglers as their “dummy” after they refuse to divulge the full name of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) official they used to transact with.
Cited in contempt were Lujin Arm Tenero of 1024 Consumer Goods Trading and Brenda de Sagun of Berches Consumer Goods Trading who were also both ordered detained in the Senate after senators refused to believe their testimony during the Senate Committee on Agiculture, Food and Agrarian Reforms’ hearing on smuggling.
Pangilinan, Senate agricultural committee chair, and Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito both grilled Tenero and De Sagun over the identity of their clients who they said are responsible for the importation of smuggled goods in the country.
According to Tenero, he only spoke to one “Mr.
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