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Saturday, August 11, 2007
Arroyo orders destruction of smuggled luxury cars (3:12 p.m.)
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered Friday night the destruction of smuggled luxury vehicles intercepted recently by the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task Force (PASTF).
Presidential Management Staff (PMS) chief Cerge Remonde said Saturday the move aims to send a “strong message” to smugglers that the government is serious against smuggling.
He said the cars to be destroyed include expensive sports cars from Europe such as Lamborghini and Porsche.
Remonde said Arroyo was irked that smuggled vehicles that are intercepted and auctioned off eventually end up in the hands of the smugglers again yet Arroyo also rejected suggestions that smuggled cars be sold to film outfits as props.
“Gusto niya ipa-destroy talaga para message will be strong. Maybe next week when the President visits Clark.,” Remonde said in an interview on government-run radio station dzRB. (JMR/Sunnex) |
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