‘Lacson’s son is a smuggler’

RESIGNED Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has turned the tables on Sen. Panfilo Lacson, accusing the lawmaker’s son of being the country’s biggest cement smuggler.

A day earlier, Lacson exposed “systemic corruption” at the Bureau of Customs in a speech on the Senate floor, enumerating the names of bribe-givers and takers including Faeldon who supposedly got P100 million as a “welcome gift” upon taking over the agency last year. Lacson promptly denied Faeldon’s allegations and challenged him to press charges.