Faeldon says an importer offered P300k weekly bribe

Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon INQUIRER.net FILE PHOTO

Resigned Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon admitted on Thursday an importer attempted to bribe him P300,000 weekly.

“There’s one attempt to bribe me, before I assumed office, but it’s not P100 million; it’s P300,000 something weekly, by one importer,” Faeldon bared in a press conference in Taytay, Rizal.

“But it’s not the direct importer, it is a third person who went to me,” he added.

The former Bureau of Customs commissioner earlier denied he received P100 million worth of “pasalubong” or welcome gift, an allegation hurled against him by Senator Panfilo Lacson.

Faeldon said he slammed the offer outright, which was sent through a text message, from an importer he refused to name.

“Ang sabi ko g*go, kalokohan n’yo ‘yan, I don’t accept any form of gift. Kasi di naman bribe and tawag nila eh, gift,” he said.

In the same press conference, Faeldon fired back at Lacson by revealing the senator’s son’s alleged “billions worth of smuggled cement.”

“On July, ang Association of Cement Manufacturers of the Philippines reported to me the notorious smuggler of cement in the country. Bonjourno is number one smuggler of cement. That report is signed by them, they reported it to me,” Faeldon said.

He also dared Lacson to disprove his expose.

“Now all you have to do senator Lacson is to disprove all of these dahil anak mo ang pumopronta, ang pumupunta nagpapakilalang managing director…” said Faeldon.

“Now I urge you to investigate this. Player ka ba? Player ba and anak mo? Dummy mo ba ito? Ito ba yung dummy nye, mga kompanyang to?” he added. JE

READ: Faeldon fires back, accuses Lacson son cement smuggler