EVEN after President Rodrigo Duterte replaced Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, he still believes that the embattled official is “clean”.

“Faeldon has insisted that he [should] be separated [from the BOC]. He does not want to add more trouble in my administration. But I am telling you: He’s clean,” Duterte said in a speech when he hosted a dinner for the Philippine Air Force Dragon Boat team on Tuesday night.

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