Faeldon after getting fired: 'I do as I am told'

MANILA - Freshly fired from his job, Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon said he was okay with President Rodrigo Duterte's decision.

MANILA - Freshly fired from his job, Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon said he was okay with President Rodrigo Duterte's decision.Duterte earlier demanded Faeldon's resignation due to the latter's move to approve the release of several heinous crime convicts, under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. In response to a reporter's query on whether he was sacking the official, Duterte said: "Yes, now.

Faeldon came under fire after news surfaced that his agency had approved convicted rapist-killer Antonio Sanchez's release based on good conduct while in prison. This was not the first of Faeldon's controversies. Also a former Customs chief, he was accused of letting some billions worth of shabu slip past port inspections in 2017.- With reports from Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

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