MANILA, Philippines —
Newly-appointed Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald
Bantag has issued a warning against those who will attempt to bribe him.
Bantag, former Manila jail warden, recently met with
BuCor officials after taking his oath of office last week.
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"
Sinabi
ko
sa meeting na '
yun na
ang
magbibigay
sa akin
ng
pera ay,
mawalang
galang na
salita
siguro
medyo may connotation,
kakatayin
ko,"
Bantag said in an interview with radio
dzMM Monday.
(I said in that meeting that those who will give me money... I will butcher them.)
The new
BuCor chief clarified that what he meant by "butchering" is that he will file administrative and criminal cases against those who will try to bribe him.
Bantag also told
BuCor personnel that he came into the agency to "fix them" and not to make himself rich.
"Ang ikakatakot siguro nila ay kahit ilang pera ang isuhol nila sa akin, wala 'yun," Bantag said.
(What they should be afraid of is that no matter how much money they bribe me with, that's nothing.)
Malacañang announced the appointment of
Bantag last week, after President Rodrigo Duterte fired Nicanor Faeldon.
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said
Bantag was chosen to lead the
BuCor because of his "professional competence and honesty."
Bantag, former jail warden of the Parañaque City Jail, is facing 10 counts of murder following an explosion at the city jail in 2016, where 10 inmates died. — Patricia Lourdes Viray