“Any crime committed upon a tourist is a crime against our country deserving of punishment to the fullest extent of the law,” the DOT said in a statement.
Closed-circuit television footage at the NAIA Terminal 1 shows an employee of the Office for Transportation Security swallowing $300 bills allegedly stolen from a departing Chinese passenger. At right, the OTS screener walks away while covering her mouth with a handkerchief. — The Department of Tourism has thrown its support behind a directive to impose the maximum penalty on an airport screener who allegedly stole $300 bills from a Chinese passenger departing Manila.
“Any crime committed upon a tourist is a crime against our country deserving of punishment to the fullest extent of the law,” the DOT said in a statement asThe Department of Transportation is currently investigating an Office of Transportation Security screener who was caught on closed-circuit television footage swallowing $300 bills stolen from a foreign national at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
The screener’s supervisor intervened, “seemingly communicating with her” as she was “almost choking in her effort to swallow the dollar bills” to “apparently ensure that the bills were properly disposed of ,” according to MIAA.the OTS screener denied that she stole the missing cash and claimed that she swallowed chocolate.
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