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'Hello, Big Brother': Ex-ISAFP officer named pres'l adviser on indigenous peoples

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Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - A former officer of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines linked to both the &quot;Hello, Garci&quot; wiretapping scandal and a P6.4 billion shabu shipment has been named presidential adviser for indigenous peoples&#x27; concerns. </p><p>President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed retired colonel Allen Capuyan as his adviser for indigenous peoples’ concerns, an appointment paper released by the Palace on Monday showed.</p><p>Capuyan will have the rank of undersecretary, according to his appointment paper dated April 18.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">President Duterte appoints Allen Capuyan as adviser for indigenous peoples’ concerns <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/y5aQWSEXCd">pic.twitter.com/y5aQWSEXCd</a></p>— Dharel Placido (@dgplacido) <a href="https://twitter.com/dgplacido/status/988255469817946112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Capuyan’s appointment as presidential adviser comes over a month after he resigned as Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) assistant general manager because of allegations he accepted grease money from suspected smugglers.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/08/22/17/davao-city-exec-big-brother-among-bribe-takers-in-customs-mess-broker">Davao City exec, &#x27;Big Brother&#x27; among bribe takers in Customs mess - broker</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/14/18/airport-official-tagged-in-customs-smuggling-controversy-resigns">Airport official tagged in Customs smuggling controversy resigns</a></li></ul><p>Customs fixer Mark Taguba earlier claimed during a Senate investigation that Capuyan, alias &quot;Big Brother&quot;, sent him an e-mail containing tariff codes that would give him access to the green lane, where shipments undergo minimal inspection. </p><p>Taguba said he remained with Capuyan&#x27;s group until the Senate and House of Representatives launched separate inquiries into the smuggling of P6.4 billion worth of shabu through the Manila port in May 2017.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/11/17/airport-official-admits-meeting-tita-nani-denies-receiving-p1m-bribe">Airport official admits meeting Tita Nani, denies receiving P1M bribe</a></li></ul><div><strong>&#x27;HELLO, GARCI&#x27;</strong></div><p>Capuyan, a former ISAFP operation intelligence division chief was also identified by a witness as having ordered wiretaps on several personalities during the 2004 elections. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/08/03/10/new-witness-pins-ex-isafp-chief-brains-behind-hello-garci-wiretap">New witness pins ex-ISAFP chief as brains behind &#x27;Hello, Garci&#x27; wiretap</a></li></ul><p>One of the wiretaps contained the conversation of 2 people believed to be then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and poll commissioner Virgilio Garcillano.</p><p>Arroyo allegedly ordered the poll official to manipulate election results in her favor. Arroyo and Garcillano both denied cheating in the 2004 polls.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/12/15/11/isafp-officers-name-hello-garci-spymasters">ISAFP officers name &#x27;Hello Garci&#x27; spymasters</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/11/29/11/senate-probe-digs-deeper-hello-garci">Senate probe digs deeper into &#x27;Hello Garci&#x27;</a></li></ul>

<p>MANILA - A former officer of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines linked to both the "Hello, Garci" wiretapping scandal and a P6.4 billion shabu shipment has been named presidential adviser for indigenous peoples' concerns. </p>

MANILA - A former officer of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines linked to both the "Hello, Garci" wiretapping scandal and a P6.4 billion shabu shipment has been named presidential adviser for indigenous peoples' concerns.

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'Hello, Big Brother': Ex-ISAFP officer named pres'l adviser on indigenous peoples

Dharel Placido,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 23, 2018 01:24 PM PHT

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Updated April 23, 2018 01:26 PM PHT

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