Pangilinan to probe P700M rice smuggling
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MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is set to conduct a Senate committee hearing into the attempted smuggling of around P700 million worth of rice from Vietnam, questioning why big-time agricultural smugglers have continued to evade imprisonment and conviction despite repeated seizures of large shipments. Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform, raised the issue during Thursday’s plenary session, pointing to the apparent gap between the numerous apprehensions and…
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