By Mortz C. Ortigoza
If Senator Leila de Lima cited “human frailties” in committing the
criminal case of concubinage when she had illicit relationship with her married driver, “human
frailties” could be cited why government officials commit corruption, a malady
since time immemorial.
If dangerous drug pushers mended their ways and avoid narcotics
because they are being assassinated, I think assassination would be the
deterrence for government officials to shun corruption.
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| BRIBERY.Bureau of Immigration officials Al Argosino and Mike Robles hold P30 million out of the P50-million alleged bribe money from Gambling TycoonJack Lam on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 16 days after they received it in a restaurant last November 27, 2016. PHOTO CREDIT: mb.com.ph |
Remember two top officials in the executive branch were
ambushed to death recently.
How many government officials would die in assassination because
of their insatiable greed to pocket public funds?
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Son of a gun, the axiom in Filipino “Ang kapwa magnanakaw ay galit
sa kapwa magnanakaw” has a grain of truth among beleaguered officials of the
Bureau of Immigration (BI) who were accused by their briber to have received
P50 million.
Retired police colonel Wally Sombero said he gave P50 million to
BI Deputy Commissioners Al
Argosino and Michael Robles in exchanged of the release of the 600 of the 1,316
Chinese nationals detained at the BI.
These chinks worked at the 300-hectare Fontana Leisure
Parks and Casino in Clark, Pampanga of gambling tycoon Jack Lam without
working permits for aliens.
The P50 million pay- off was recorded by the security cameras at
the second floor and the cameras set up by the men of BI Intelligence
Chief Charles Calima at the parking lot
of the of City of Dreams in Paranaque.
Calima, a former police general did not trust Argosino and Robles in the transaction, thus he did not only video recorded them in the
consummation of the crime, but even attached an audio recording
inside the dress of Sombero, a retired police colonel.
One of the paper bags, reports said, that contained the ten million pesos “exploded” due to the weight of the bills inside.
BI Intelligence Chief
Calima was dragged on this bribery scandal because he told the duo that their
transaction with Sombero was recorded. To keep the act from exploding before the public, Argosino
and Robles gave P18 million to Calima while P2 million went to Colonel
Sombero.
