President Aquino lashed out at and shamed the Bureau of Customs in his state of the nation address because of persistent complaints by his business supporters that corruption at the agency is now worse even than during convicted President Estrada’s short-lived regime.
One clear indication of this is that a shadowy Chinese businessman known to be one of the major jueteng lords during Estrada’s administration has become one of the top godfathers in Customs, the go-to person if an importer needs to clear his shipment fast, and cheaply.
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