Brokers filed graft charges against three government officials, including criminal and administrative cases, for violation of Republic Act 9280, or the Customs Brokers Act of 2004 and Section 3 of RA 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

The complainants, who last Friday trooped to the Office of the Ombudsman, also sought the immediate preventive suspension of Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares and Bureau of Customs (BoC) Commissioner John Sevilla during pendency of an administrative probe to prevent the accused from using their positions or powers and prerogatives of their offices to influence potential witnesses or tamper with records that may be vital in the prosecution of the charges against them.

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