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By Anthony Bayarong, Correspondent
SUBIC BAY Freeport: It seems like wherever he goes controversy
follows, this time former Comelec commissioner Virgilio Garcillano has been linked
with a smuggling attempt after police authorities flagged down a 1999 Porsche
Boxter said to have been smuggled out of Subic Bay Freeport a week
ago.
But the controversial Comelec commissioner on
Monday denied owning the said 1999 Porsche Boxter that was
confiscated by the Olongapo Police on Friday morning at Barangay
Cabalan.
“I don’t know anything about that Porsche,
I’m not engaged in illegal activities and I have no connections
here,” Garciliano told the Manila Times.
His name was allegedly dragged in the smuggling
try when the driver of the said Porsche which was later identified
as a certain 19-year-old Karlo Gineta told police that the vehicle
belonged to Garcillano.
Documents show that the black Boxter convertible
sports car (model 1999), with plate number XHA-798, was imported
from the United States by Global (Subic) International Inc., a
registered enterprise inside the Freeport.
Documents obtained by the Manila Times revealed
that it was not only one vehicle but three which includes a Hummer,
a Porsche Carrera and the said Porsche Boxter.
Police authorities tried to flag down the Hummer
and the Porsche Carrera but the two sped off.
Louie Moloa, Global (Subic) International
official confirmed that they imported the vehicles and that the
Porsche left their yard that evening to be transferred to another
yard.
“He [Garciliano] is not the owner of the
vehicle, my company was the one who imported the vehicle,” Moloa
said.
“It was supposed to be transferred to another
yard, I do not know how it got out of the Freeport,” Moloa
explained. He, however, refused to identify where the car was
supposed to have been transferred and later told reporters that it
was already sold but he again refused to identify the buyer.
“But I am here to clear the name of
commissioner Garcilliano. That’s all,” Moloa said.
Garciliano however admitted to knowing Subic
Customs Collector Marietta Zamoranos but explained that she is not
his relative. “My father and her father are good friends, that is
why I know her,” he added.
“We were having a party here in my office when
I heard about that issue, I’m just establishing myself here and
putting up a law office in Subic,” Garciliano said.
He added that he does not even like vehicles
bought inside the freeport since “Maraming Kuskos Balungos, nabili
mo na nga yung sasakyan kailangan pa tuwing lalabas eh magpapakita
ka pa ng pass at kung anu-ano pa, kaya nga sa San Fernando na lang
ako bumili ng sasakyan,” he explained.
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