Rice smuggling happened with government consent as traders linked to smuggling are the same people issued with importation permits by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and National Food Authority (NFA), a lawmaker said on Monday.
Speaking at the House committee on agriculture hearing, Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Fernando Hicap said that Agriculture secretary Proceso Alcala and NFA administrator Orlan Calayag has a lot of explanation to do as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) probe on rice smuggling continues.
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