Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros, in a rare move, credited a ranking Marcos administration official, singling out Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla, for promptly deploying probers of the National Bureau of Investigation to crack down against human trafficking syndicates.
“This is, of course, very welcome as we really have to address the problem of trafficking on all fronts,” Hontiveros said. The senator pointed out that Remulla, as the lead convenor of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking , the DOJ is well positioned to look into this particular “case of Pinoys being victimized into participating in scamming activities in Myanmar.