During a meeting in Malacanang Palace on Thursday, President Rodrigo Duterte discussed the issue regarding the overseas Filipino worker who lost P84,000 worth of belongings at the Clark International Airport.
In the said meeting, which happened before the launch of the Overseas Filipino Bank, Pres. Duterte reprimanded Clark International Airport officials because of the incident. He even urged the official to have the culprits “killed.”
“Patayin mo na lang. Kontakin mo na lang ‘yung police dun. Marami ‘yan diyan,” he told Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) Acting President Alexander Cauguiran.
Cauguiran said that the six suspects were charged with theft but are currently out on bail.
“So I deeply apologize. We will pay whatever your losses,” Duterte told the Jovenil dela Cruz and Rosemary Versoza, the victims of the theft.
Cauguiran then said that MIASCOR, the aviation services involved, already paid the victims. However, it only made the president angrier.
“Walang areglo diyan. ‘Pag hindi, parusahan ko kayo. Kung hindi ninyo gawin, ako ang papatay diyan. Isa-salvage. Ang Pilipino hindi matuto ‘pag hindi mo ginanun. Or they continue to do it unless you put a stop to it,” he said.
The president said that the government and anybody connected to the incident should make a public apology. He also said that he would like MIASCOR’s contract terminated.
Dela Cruz and Versoza arrived in the Philippines from a Singapore flight on December 23, 2017.
According to reports, Dela Cruz was told by a certain Philippine Airport Ground Support Solutions Inc. agent Jobel Fernando that he would just be notified once their luggage and boxes arrive.
However, Dela Cruz claimed that he did not receive any feedback for two weeks, previously reported by Sunstar.
When they decided to follow up on the items at Clark International Airport, they discovered that their luggage and boxes were pilfered.
Dela Cruz and Versoza lost valuable items in their luggage and boxes worth P84,000.
