DMW files graft complaint vs Arnell Ignacio over anomalous P1.4-B land deal

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Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Cacdac says the agency has filed a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against former Overseas Workers Welfare Administration chief Arnell Ignacio and two deputy administrators.   Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/overseas-filipinos/video-dmw-files-graft-case-ex-owwa-chief-ignacio-anomalous-land-deal/

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00:00Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Kakdak says the agency has filed a complaint

00:06before the Office of the Ombudsman against former Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration

00:10Chief Arnel Ignacio and two deputy administrators. This over an anomalous 1.4 billion peso land

00:17acquisition deal that led to Ignacio's dismissal from his post. The department also includes the

00:22private seller of the land in the complaint. Kakdak adds the deal deliberately bypassed the

00:26OWA Board of Trustees under quote, highly questionable circumstances that amount to

00:31violations of various laws but most notably the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. For two

00:36months after Ignacio was fired, the DMW looked into the matter and found more details about the deal

00:42including vouchers and checks that were supposedly signed before the sale agreement. Ignacio has

00:47denied irregularity in the deal and insists that it was above board.

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