Lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Bureau of Customs (BoC) to file charges against rice smugglers, including those behind the illegal
Speaker Martin Romualdez made the appeal as he supported the decision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to distribute confiscated smuggled rice to thousands of residents of the Zamboanga peninsula. The President, accompanied by officials, distributed the rice on Tuesday.
Romualdez said unless the culprits are jailed or otherwise punished, they would continue doing their illegal activities, even if some of their smuggled products end up being seized. “The President has given smugglers and hoarders a bitter, expensive lesson where it would hurt them the most—their pockets. Their seized rice stocks mean their investments can never be recovered,” said
The stocks were forfeited in favor of the government after the warehouse operator was given ample time, but failed, to explain where the rice was imported from, and where he paid the tariffs and taxes for them. In his speech, Marcos cited BOC for its consistent investigation and inspection of warehouses suspected of storing smuggled rice.
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