(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña lashed out at the National Bureau of Investigation for filing charges against him in connection with the vanished 105 ceramic tiles from the Bureau of Customs early this year.
According to Lapeña, who now heads the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, the unlawful release of such would not have been discovered in the first place if not for the 22 alert orders he issued on the 119 container vans.
“This modus would have continued unnoticed. I know that this illegal scheme is possibly happening even long before I was placed in the Bureau of Customs. Under my watch, this modus was uncovered,” he said.
According to Lapeña, it was “more unfortunate…that the NBI did not unmask the real people behind the illegal scheme..”
“It is unfortunate that the NBI concluded its investigation on the case of the 105 illegally released containers from the Port of Manila without getting any statements from me,” Lapeña said.
Apart from Lapeña, an unidentified individual was charged with violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act in connection with the disappearance of the tiles.
