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VP Sara: My husband will answer for himself
Vice President Sara Duterte stated she cannot comment on the alleged involvement of her husband, Manases Carpio, and brother, Davao City Representative Paolo Duterte, in the smuggling of PHP11 billion worth of shabu in 2018.
She mentioned that she and her husband agreed he would address his own issues, and she would address hers to clarify their responses.
Similarly, Duterte said she cannot speak for her brother, noting he also released a statement to answer the issue.
A former Bureau of Customs intelligence officer, Jimmy Guban, previously implicated Carpio, Paolo Duterte, and Michael Yang in the 2018 shabu smuggling through an affidavit.
Guban revealed this during a House quad-committee investigation into the links of Philippine online gaming operators in the illegal drug trade and extrajudicial killings.
Paolo Duterte denied knowing Guban and stressed he did not have transactions with him.
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