Isiniwalat ni Justice Sec. Boying Remulla na napag-alaman nilang hindi pala pang-oil tanker ang pagkakagawa sa lumubog na barkong MT Princess Empress. Aniya, inayos ito at pinahaba para maging oil tanker. May katandaan na rin aniya ang naturang watercraft. Dagdag din niya, magtutulungan ang iba't ibang mga ahensya ng pamahalaan upang tugunan ang iba't ibang mga suliranin na nararanasan ng mga mamamayang nakatira sa katubigan kung saan lumubog ang barko, pati na epekto nito sa kalikasan at kalusugan. Mga kasong kriminal din ang ihahain sa mga may pananagutan may kaugnayan sa oil spill, ani Remulla ukol sa legal na aksyon ng pamahalaan sa pangyayari. #News5 Follow News5 and stay updated with the latest stories! Facebook: facebook.com/News5Everywhere Twitter: twitter.com/News5PH Instagram: @news5everywhere Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@news5everywhere Website: news5.com.ph

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Ongoing na siya. May mga bagong findings kasi no.

Isang major finding natin ay hindi siya brand new vessel.

Itong barkong nito ay hindi brand new vessel.

It is rebuilt scrap. Rebuilt scrap ship na dalawang beses ni rebuild para maging tanker.

It was not built to be a tanker from the very beginning.

And we're looking at the angle of insurance also kasi parang may issue na siya napakalaki tungkol sa...

Kasi yan ang unang claim sa amin. Their first representations to the Coast Guard was that it was a 2-year-old vessel.

Brand new, so to speak, by Philippine standards.

Pero sa totoo lang hindi pala. Hindi pala siya bago.

Mayroon misrepresentation sa Sinimula at sa Pole nung nangyari itong kasong ito.

Noong unang meeting namin sa Sabado, ang bitaw pa sa amin na salita na...

Ang sinabi naman nila sa Coast Guard ay bagong-bago itong barkong nito.

At hindi pa na siya bago. Ito yung luma na, scrap na.

Scrap na siya na nerebuild.

Unang nerebuild para maging RPG carrier. Tapos nerebuild na naman, pinahaba para maging tanker.

Mayroon din lumalabas na gano'n.

Ayun ang dinadocument natin ngayon mula sa records ng mga agencies na kasama.

Bagat kailangan talaga ma-define ito. Itong scene of the crime, ano yung nature na environmental crimes committed.

And the legal strategy has to be mastered by the DOJ so that we can go to the very bottom of this para hindi na ito maulit sa ating mga karagatan.

Q. Sa kanilang panuli, narebuild lang iyong tanker?

May alphiduct na kami hawak ng isang taong nakakaalam ng pangyayari tungkol sa barkong ito.

May alam talaga kung paano nagsimula ang lahat.

Q. Initially, ano yung kapabayaan?

The day before, Feb. 27 pa lang, may gale warnings. Feb. 28, madaling araw, sinabihan na sila.

Ano ang karagatan? Medyo mahirap. Daanan, naanan, pero hindi rin pinansin, tumuloy pa rin sila.

At parang nung nagmanuver noong mandang huli, too late na. At doon na lang talaga. Aksidente talaga mangyayari.

Q. Ano ang panuli?

Alam mo yan, tawag namin dyan, case build up.

We are sorting out all the evidence so that we can file the proper complaint.

We can collate all the data necessary to build the case.

But as far as we're concerned, there are possible cases to be filed.

Identified nito ng legal office ng DOJ through Undersecretary Vasquez.

We intend to do this by next week, by Tuesday. Sana tapos na ang aming pag-aaral.

We will work over the weekend to study what we have to do on this case.

Q. May possible liability?

Marami yan. A lot of issues will be here that might even affect the insurability, the insurance contract it has right now.

So we don't know yet. We're looking at every angle possible.

Nandyan ang BIFAR to look at the environmental damage, to tell us about the environmental damage.

Nandyan ang Department of Health to tell us about the health risks involved.

Nandyan na ng DNR to tell us about the damage to the biodiversity of our country.

And we intend to visit, meron kaming scheduled trip ng ibang kasama ko ngayon to go there by Tuesday.

After our initial findings, meron kaming titignan na validation. Iba-validate namin ang aming findings.

Sasama ko malamang sa Tuesday para malaman natin kung ano ang strategies pa na kailangang gawin.

At baka maliparan pa yung ibang lugar if we can use drones to map out the extent of the damage.

Pero ano yan, whole of government approach to. We will look at it from all the agencies involved.

Sir, in this representation of the tanker, was it intentional to target the tanker motor na palabasin bago?

We cannot judge that yet tau. Pero from the initial, ang tinatawa ko dyan, let's just stay.

The utterances after the occurrence of the fact.

Yung sinabi sa Coast Guard na bagong-bago yung barko, parang may intent to deceit na sa simulat sa pool pa lang.

Kaya dapat tingnan natin itong bagay na ito.

Sir, kaklaro ba may CTC ba talaga o ba na?

Yung pa. I just went out kasi usapan natin aras 4. Kaya hindi ko pa klaro sa akin yan. But we will know later.

Tatungin ko yung ilang taon lang talaga. Yung tanda na.

Tanda na. Scrap na nga eh. Scrap na. It's probably 50 years old. Scrap na yan eh. Scrap na.

Sir, na-invite ko ba yung representative ng tanker?

Hindi pa. Invitahin natin pagkatapos when we have a formal investigation.

Formal preliminary investigation even the affidavits are all in.

We will still gather all the affidavits, all the sworn statements that will help us build up the case against it.

By groups of companies organized to deceive the government to the fake receipts. Ito organized crime talaga ito.

That's why we found it very important to meet this morning because what they filed this morning was a test case against some of the respondents which will allow us to look into the extent of the criminal network that they have right now. The crime network.

At ang NBI cybercrime office, anti-organized crime office ay sama-sama na ang magnatabaho para salain ang lahat ng ebidensya na naroon laban sa mga kumpanya na itinayo, itinatag para linlangin lang ang gobyerno sa bayaran ng buwis.

At natataon naman, panahonan ang bayaran ng buwis, pwede na hong sabihin sa taong bayan na iwasan na bumili ng resibo sabagat ito ay bawal na bawal po.

Kasi nangyari na po yan na marami ang bumibili ng resibo na ginagawang deduction sa kanilang tax payments para deductibility issues. Kaya timely ho ito.

Ang pangalawa siguro, mahigit 10 taon ang nangyayari ito. Kailangan malaman natin kung gano'ng kalaki ang nawala sa gobyerno sa mga ginagawa nila. Kaya malaki hong forensic accounting effort ang gaganapin para malaman kung gano'ng kalaki na ang kukulimbat nila at nadadaya nila sa ating sistema ng pagbubwis.

Ang DSWD is there, LIBOR is there, ginagawa ang lahat ng gobyerno para tulungan natin lahat. In fact, justice is being served by the government even if the government has to run after the perpetrators who are helping the victims already. Tulungan natin kasi ito is part of our job. Pero we will run after them. We can assure you we will not stop. We will run after them.

Magkakaroon ng kaso ito. Hindi ito civil case lang. Criminal cases will be filed against those perpetrators.