00:00Two congressmen from Northern Luzon
00:02have been arrested for the illegal
00:04production of Peking Sigarilyo
00:06in Mexico, Pampanga.
00:08They have been working on 60 people
00:10but they have been working on it.
00:13They have been reporting on Darlene Kai.
00:22Kahun-kahong sigarilyo
00:23is the majority of the population
00:24of Mexico, Pampanga,
00:27on January 28th.
00:28May mga makina sa paggawa
00:30at pagpak ng sigarilyo,
00:32raw materials at Peking BIR stamps.
00:35Ayon sa DILG,
00:36bawat makina ay kayang gumawa
00:37ng P150 million na halaga
00:39ng Peking sigarilyo kada araw.
00:42Wala raw permit ang paggawaan
00:43na nito lang January 1 nagumpisa.
00:46Anim na Chinese nationals
00:47na abutan sa compound ang inaresto.
00:49Dumating daw sila sa bansa
00:51bilang mga turista.
00:52Ito pong mga Chinese na ito
00:54ay dumating mula Marso
00:55noong hindi taon
00:56at Desembre noong nakaraan na taon.
00:58At dito po sila nag-operate.
01:01We estimated they produced
01:02over P4.5 billion worth of cigarettes
01:05in the span of one month.
01:08Na-distribute na po yan.
01:09Sinagip naman ang 60 magagawang Pilipino
01:12na sa pilitang pinagtrabaho
01:14at pinatira sa barracks
01:15pero hindi umano pinapasahod.
01:17Ang offer po sa kanila
01:18is weldon na 15,000 a month.
01:22Dapat 15,30 ang bayad sila
01:24pero hindi po sila sinwiladuhan
01:25ng huling pag-trabaho dito.
01:27Almost in human conditions
01:29ang barracks na binigay sa kanila.
01:31Halos parang barong-barong
01:33na kahoy lang tsaka yero
01:35ang dodo.
01:35Pagpapaliwanagin
01:38ng tatlong Pilipino
01:38at dalawang Korean nationals
01:39sa incorporator
01:40ng Sam Young Global Corporation
01:42na may-ari ng lupa
01:43na pinauupan sa factory.
01:45Sinisikap ng GMA Integrated News
01:47sa kunin ang palig
01:48ng mga suspect
01:48at pamunuan ng Sam Young.
01:51Tingin ni Interior Secretary
01:52John Vic Remulia,
01:53may mga politikong
01:54nasa likod
01:55ng iligal na paggawaan
01:56ng peking sigarilyo.
01:57We suspect
01:58there are two northern
02:00Luzon politicians
02:01behind you.
02:03Sila ang mastermind,
02:04sila ang financier.
02:04Hawak mo lang yung entire
02:05ecosystem ng iligal tubang.
02:07We are still investigating.
02:08Hindi ko pa bibigay
02:09yung pangalan nila.
02:10Basta Luzon-based
02:11yung mga congressman nila.
02:13Reklamong paglabag
02:14sa Anti-Trafficking
02:15in Persons Act
02:16at Anti-Agricultural
02:17Sabotage Act
02:18ang haharapin
02:19ng mga sangkot.
02:20Ayon sa PNP,
02:21may pagkakapareho
02:22ang mga sigarilyong
02:23nakita sa paggawaan
02:24sa Mexico pampang
02:25at sa mga nakumpiska
02:26sa Malabo
02:27noong January 1
02:28at sa Balete, Batangas
02:30noong December 31.
02:40Ayon sa DILG,
02:42noong 2025,
02:43P30 billion pesos
02:44ang nawalang
02:45excise tax sa gobyerno
02:46dahil sa iligal na paggawa
02:48at pagbibenta
02:48ng mga peking sigarilyo.
02:50Mapapakinabangan daw
02:51sana yan
02:52ang healthcare system
02:52ng bansa.
02:53Pusible rin
02:54makasama sa kalusugan
02:55ng peking sigarilyo
02:56dahil hindi ito
02:57pumasa sa anumang standards.
02:58Babala naman
02:59ng DILG
02:59sa mga tindahang
03:00nagbibenta
03:01ng mga peking sigarilyo.
03:02Kung kayo po
03:03ay mahulian
03:03ng iligal na sigarilyo,
03:06pati pa kayo
03:06ay makakasuhan
03:07ng non-vailable offense.
03:09Darlene Kai,
03:10nagbabalita
03:10para sa
03:11GMA Integrated News.
03:12by
03:37who
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