DOJ: Mga posibleng nasa likod ng hoarding at smuggling ng sibuyas at iba pang agri products, sasampahan na ng reklamo sa Lunes
DOJ: Mga posibleng nasa likod ng hoarding at smuggling ng sibuyas at iba pang agri products, sasampahan na ng reklamo sa Lunes
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00:00 In front of the court, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has dismissed the agriculture smuggling in the country.
00:05 It is expected that there will be a sample because on Monday, the government filed a complaint
00:12 regarding the hoarding and smuggling of onions.
00:16 The center of the news from Louisa Erizpe.
00:21 The Department of Justice has already decided and will file a case on the possibility of hoarding and smuggling of onions and other agricultural products.
00:32 According to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulia, their investigation, which is based on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s statement, took almost two months.
00:43 We already have a case that will be filed, but we have already discussed with other investigators that they will file another case on Monday.
00:54 The investigation has not yet been finalized, but the possible cases that will be filed are price manipulation, smuggling,
01:03 and everything related to the crisis experienced by the Philippines in the price of onions.
01:10 Price manipulation, profiteering, and other crimes related to the onion price manipulation and onion smuggling crisis that we had for the last two months.
01:24 We are already preparing a case and this was led by an Undersecretary of DOJ.
01:34 The National Bureau of Investigation is already expecting to file a case.
01:39 The DOJ has not yet given a name, but in the first interviews with Remulia, she said that the names that were released in the Congressional hearing
01:49 are also among the possible cases that they are accusing of hoarding and smuggling.
01:54 The DOJ and NBI are working together in the investigation, including the House of Representatives.
02:02 We are also getting help from the Inter-Hall of Government. We are getting help to fight against these kinds of economic crimes.
02:13 Meanwhile, the DOJ is continuing to monitor the price caps on rice.
02:19 Remulia said that they have not filed a case against the smugglers, but they are continuing to monitor the price of rice in the market,
02:29 which should be up to P41.45 per kilo.
02:34 What we have ensured is that all retailers know that the government is helping them so that they won't suffer a huge loss,
02:44 and for them to be able to manage.
02:46 For now, I think the panic that first reached the people of the country has subsided and our markets have become more reasonable.
02:56 Luisa Erispe, Para Sa Bayan.