Lacson files graft, economic sabotage complaint vs Faeldon
Lacson files graft, economic sabotage complaint vs Faeldon Senator Panfilo Lacson says former customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon should face life imprisonment for alleged 'large-scale' smuggling of rice MANILA, Philippines – Senator Panfilo Lacson filed a complaint for graft and economic sabotage against former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor Faeldon over alleged involvement in rice smuggling. Lacson lodged the complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday, September 28. Aside from Faeldon, the senator also implicated 9 others for "conspiring to smuggle" 40,000 bags of rice, in two waves, to Cebu Lite Trading, Incorporated (CLTI) without payment of customs taxes and duties and without the required import permit, as they supposedly used "fake" permits. These include: Lacson also filed an administrative complaint against Aquino, Alcid, and Lagmay for grave misconduct for their "flagrant disregard of the established rule