Private traders should be banned from importing rice thru the state-run National Food Authority (NFA), a lawmaker said on Thursday.

Rep. Luis Raymond Villafuerte of Camarines Sur proposed the ban two days after he moved to summon the 13 rice traders whom Rep. Manuel Luis Lopez of Manila accused of manipulating rice prices.

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