Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Orlan Calayag are facing graft and plunder charges before the Office of the Ombudsman over the P457-million participation in the rice importation of the country with Vietnam.

In a 10-page criminal complaint, lawyer Argee Guevarra assailed the P4.1-billion government-to-government (G2G) transaction between the Philippines and Vietnam, wherein both accused were said to have shored huge amounts of money in kickbacks.

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