Marching
orders have been given to Bureau of Customs Chief Rey Leonardo Guerrero toand
that is to “shoot” smugglers.
President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte in a speaking engagement in Iloilo city, Duterte said he
placed Guerrero, a former chief of staff of the AFP, in charge of the BOC to cleanse it of
corruption.
"Order ko, ‘pag may nagnakaw diyan
civilian, Customs o Coast Guard, barilin mo, patayin mo. Sige, sige,
mag-smuggling kayo diyan. ‘Yan ang order ko. Nilagay ko Army,” Pres. Duterte said.
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| President Duterte (photo credit to owner) |
(My
order, if someone steals there, Customs or Coast Guard, shoot them, kill them.
Go ahead, go ahead and commit smuggling there. That's my order. I placed there
[someone from the] Army.)
“Si Jagger (Guerrero's nickname) naging
Chief of Staff man ‘yan, kilala ko man ‘yan. ‘Di magsabi siya, 'Sir, binaril
namin. Utos mo kasi, nagnakaw.' Eh tama ‘yan. Para sabihin niya sinong
nag-iyak, biyuda? O sige, mag-demanda kayo. Yeah, you can go to court tapos ako
‘yung accused,” he added.
(Jagger was a former Chief of Staff. I
know him. If he says "Sir, we shot someone. It was your order. Caught
stealing." That's correct. If someone cries, widowed? Then go ahead, file
a case. Yeah, you can go to court and I will stand accused.)
The
President again took the chance to explain that former Customs Chief Isidro
Lapeña had no hand in the drug haul worth billions of pesos that
was able to slip past custom inspections.
“Si Sid
Lapeña, nalusutan lang ‘yan siya doon sa --- kasi hindi taga-roon eh. Eh kaya,
probinsyano rin ‘yung tao. Hindi naman sanay dito sa Maynila, nalusutan siya,”
Duterte said.
(It [shabu
shipment] slipped past Sid Lapeña. He wasn't familiar there. He was from the
province, not used to Manila. It slipped past him.)
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