THE Office of the Ombudsman found basis to file a graft case against an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) who allowed the shipment of hazardous trash from Canada to the Philippines in 2013 without the proper documents.

In a statement on Friday, the Ombudsman said that investigators found that then-Environment Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna, director of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), allegedly issued a Registry Certificate for the Importation of Recyclable Materials Containing Hazardous Substances dated June 19, 2013 despite lack of details in the importer's registry sheet.