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BOC files complaint vs 2 traders for smuggling in China onion, garlic

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MANILA, Philippines—The Bureau of Customs filed on Thursday smuggling charges against two businessmen at the Department of Justice months after they were caught illegally bringing into the country onions and garlic from China valued at a whopping P19 million.

Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon was at the DOJ office to file the complaints against Rady Garbosa and Carlos Uy, who both did not have the required government permits for their shipment.

They were charged with violation of Sections 101 and 3601 of the Tariffs and Customs Code of the Philippines and Section 2, Rule II, of the Bureau of Plant Industry Quarantine Administrative Order No. 1.

Garbosa, who owns RSG Marketing, was found to have misdeclared his P10 million shipment of onions as fresh pears. His shipment arrived in five 40-footer container vans at the Manila International Container Port on August 2.

The government regulates the importation of onion to protect local onion raisers.

On the other hand, Uy, who owns Agua Blue Marine Trading, brought in his garlic shipment through four 40-footer container vans valued at P9 million at the Port of Manila last June 27.


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Tags: Bureau of Customs , Carlos Uy , crime , Department of Justice , law and justice , Philippines , prosecution , Rady Garbosa , Ruffy Biazon , Smuggling

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/VS5EYSP4FPOTVQCJZ24NRE6Z2M Edgardo Mendoza

    PILIPINAS BANSA NG MGA CRIMINAL

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/VS5EYSP4FPOTVQCJZ24NRE6Z2M Edgardo Mendoza

    MGA PILIPINO NA NAG LILINIS NG KUBETA AT PUWET SA SINGAPORE DAPAT IPADALA NATIN ANG MGA OPISYAL NATIN KAWATAN SA SINGAPORE PARA BITAYIN NG DI NA PAMARISAN DAPAT ITO ANG IPASANG BATAS NI TITO SOTONG MAKAKATULONG ITO SA BANSA NATIN;;

  • rickysgreyes

    It is not enough that cases are filed. The culprits must be convicted. I haven’t heard of anyone in the past 30 years being convicted of smuggling. This is a judiciary problem also, which should speed up resolution of economic crimes, particularly smuggling. Calling the new CJ please.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AYITA5V33GYZSLC3G37UCVNTKA Ben

    Not only that they are aiding and supporting China`s economy, our enemy. They are also sabotaging the Philippine economy, making them Chinese collaborators. The BOC should slap a fine comparable to the amount that they were trying to smuggle plus file a complaint to serve a lesson to other smugglers such as steel from China, oil, rice etc….being lenient in enforcing the laws is the cause of our dillema in curving large scale smuggling, which is anti Filipino jobs here in the Philippines, an anti small scale businesses in the Philippines, and an anti patriotic at its best…..

    to reason that there is a demand for such a thing is not an answer, Filipinos buy cheap goods because of money constraint and so we can`t put the blame to them (this will require an overhaul to the wage board by decentralizing and making jobs more salary competitive based on their productiveness, high skills and educational degree) as what the ABS-CBN channel interview with the custom chief reason. The BOC burden should be put to the traders making the smuggling and make them pay more equivalent to the value of their smuggled goods and serve prison time so others would be smugglers will be discouraged by the example the BOC is making for they are taking advantage the people, the economy, so they will make profits and get richer for themselves…

  • hernan barce

    kudos to the BOC and Commissioner Biazon for running against these smugglers! Lalo nyo pang paigtingin ang panghuhuli sa mga kriminal smugglers para mabigyan ng patas na playing field ang mga lokal na mamumuhunang nagbabayad ng tamang buwis.

  • Karabkatab

    Maybe the onions did not originate from India (Sibuyas Bombay), that is why Garbosa misdeclared the shipment as fresh pears… LOL

  • jpastor

    Dahil sa kulang ang production natin ng sibuyas at bawang iniimport ang mga ito. Subalit hindi ito dahilan upang gawing technical smuggling o illegal ang importation.

  • johndcross1

    Blacklist this two importers.  If they are found beyond doubt as chinese nationals, file deportation proceedings against them and confiscate all their properties.  There acts are tantamount to economic sabotage knowing that importing these items are banned or regulated.



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