PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd said the government is seriously pursuing charges against the importer and customs agents who allowed the entry of hazardous wastes from Canada.

“Currently, the prosecution and the BOC [Bureau of Customs] are pursuing the necessary inventory, documentation, and photographing of the wastes prior to its disposal, to be used as evidence in the trial against the accused,” Aquino said in one of his last interviews prior to his flight back to Manila from Canada.

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