DAVAO City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, the President’s son, and brother-in-law Manases Carpio appeared before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee probe into the P6.4 billion “shabu” shipment from China on Thursday and categorically denied allegations they were behind the smuggling at the Bureau of Customs (BoC).

“Once and for all, I now have the time to deny any and all baseless allegations thrown against me,” Paolo, 42, said in his opening statement.

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