00:00 A member of the Office of Forward Transportation Security or OTS in Naia has already undergone an investigation.
00:06 That's equivalent to losing a passenger's dollar.
00:10 That's true. And in the CCTV footage of September 8 in Naia Terminal 1,
00:14 a woman was seen drinking water while being tested.
00:19 OTS said that eating while on duty is prohibited.
00:24 It was also investigated because there was a rumor that a passenger lost US$300.
00:33 It is also known that the missing money was tested by the employee who was caught in the CCTV.
00:39 The employee denied it.
00:41 For now, she is under preventive suspension with her colleague and her supervisor.
00:48 OTS will release the investigation results after a few weeks.
00:53 The Department of Transportation ordered the OTS to file a complaint against the employee.
00:59 The punishment that Secretary Jaime Bautista wants is the maximum penalty for those who are found guilty.
01:07 Since July 2022, OTS has already given 60 years of punishment because of the lack of work.
01:16 I remember that there were thousands of bullets that were caught.
01:25 Many were punished.
01:27 But you know, Connie, if it's true that she lost US$300, I feel sorry for her.
01:34 Is it that hard to lose? How will you get back the US$300?
01:41 Is that what she needs?
01:43 To drown her, you will take back the US$300 hoping that the money is still intact.
01:48 You will take it out. You can throw it away.
01:50 What is the hardship that one person is going through?
01:54 We cannot say that it's pitiful if there is a theft.
02:00 But there is no proof unless they can see it.
02:03 But it was on September 8.
02:04 The gastroenterologists we talked to said...
02:08 Don't eat the money.
02:09 Because the money, if we eat it, we can digest it.
02:13 It will melt.
02:15 It will melt. But of course, there are traces of it.
02:20 Unless of course, you throw it away on the same day so that you can get it back.
02:26 But this was on September 8.
02:28 So how will it be a proof?
02:30 Meanwhile, here is the update on the ongoing investigation of the Office for Transportation Security
02:36 in the last camp of the trial of the alleged dollar bill of an airport personnel.
02:41 In the middle of the news, I have the news of the Office for Transportation Security Undersecretary Mau Aplasca.
02:50 Good morning and welcome to my news sir.
02:53 Mark good morning and ma'am Connie good morning.
02:57 Yes.
02:58 Usec, we will just have a news.
03:01 Where and how was your last camp that was tried?
03:05 This is the news that it happened on September 8.
03:08 Yes.
03:09 Actually, on September 8, we have been investigating for a long time because we have already listed the CCTV footage
03:19 and the names of the people involved.
03:24 Yes.
03:25 So on September 14, we have already started the investigation.
03:32 So immediately, they were relieved from their duties at the airport.
03:37 We have already recalled them to the central office.
03:40 Sir I will just repeat that your line is choppy, but they were relieved from their duties, suspended and under investigation sir?
03:48 Yes ma'am.
03:50 They were relieved and right now, they are placed under preventive care.
03:56 Okay. But in this video, was it clear to see?
04:02 Because even if we zoom in, was it clear to you that this is money?
04:08 Dollars.
04:09 Yes. Dollars are being lost.
04:11 Sir, those who are circulating the video, we saw that it's a bit confusing.
04:17 Sir, in the CCTV footage of our catering, it's a bit confusing.
04:24 This is the screening officer. He's the one who took the money.
04:32 I see. So it's conclusive that he took the money. Is that so?
04:38 That's based on the recommendation of our investigators.
04:42 I see.
04:43 That's why they recalled them.
04:45 You said he took the money and he was caught. Is that what's being shown?
04:51 This is what happened. On September 8, the screening officer underwent a screening process.
05:00 It's part of our procedure. When the image was generated by our X-ray operator, it's confusing.
05:09 He recommended that the food will be subjected to manual investigation.
05:15 We saw in the footage that the screeners who were subjected to manual investigation did the right thing.
05:24 But we saw in other footage that we cannot see in social media that they were subjected to manual inspection.
05:36 The video that I'm showing, and this is also the one that went viral,
05:41 they are being pushed. It's not like an ordinary person eating a biscuit.
05:46 It's really hard to swallow. They are being pushed on the mouth.
05:50 They were pushed three times.
05:51 What we want to know from your investigation is, is this the dollar that was missing and he was caught?
05:58 Is this the one in the video that he was being pushed and being pushed?
06:03 You know the circumstances. After the inspection, the screener left.
06:11 But in a few minutes, he came back and he said that his dollar was missing.
06:16 Our procedure is that we brought the checkpoint supervisor, PNP, and the representative of Airport Police and Airlines.
06:28 While there was a confrontation, our screening officer left. He was not in the frame of the video.
06:37 On the other camera, we found that he was being pushed and he drank water.
06:47 He came back to the confrontation. That's the actual scenario.
06:53 But during that time, our screening officer denied that he was being pushed because there was no video of him being pushed.
07:01 It's only on September 14 that we saw those videos.
07:07 Sir, this is not the first time that there was a controversy in OTS.
07:12 What should be done? You removed the bags and they are not allowed to wear jackets.
07:19 They said that they cannot wear anything. What else should be done? You are still training.
07:27 We have many initiatives. Earlier, we had a chance to talk to our supervisors.
07:35 They have recommendations to change the procedures of manual inspection.
07:44 We will look at the next few days. This is the latest addition of our initiative.
07:51 So there will be no manual checking?
07:57 We cannot remove the bags. It is part of the requirement.
08:02 It's part of the international standards that if the bag is dirty, it should be checked manually.
08:11 I'm just trying to know whether he removed the bag or not. It's because he tells us another story.
08:22 It's not normal for a person to remove $300. What is the difficulty?
08:29 The next question I will ask, if he confirmed that he removed the $300, what benefits do our people have?
08:37 Are they professionalized in a way that they don't have to remove dollars while they are doing their job?
08:45 Because some people are cutting and some are removing money. What kind of difficulty will you face if you do that?
08:53 Mark I want to clarify. According to the analysis of our investigator, after the confrontation,
09:01 our next procedure is we will subject our people to private screening.
09:10 That means he will remove his clothes and undergo a total inspection.
09:14 Our investigators thought that he already knows that the next thing that will happen to him is he will be subjected to a total search.
09:24 I see. So they are knocking so there will be no evidence.
09:28 Yes. So the evidence will be hidden.
09:31 All right. Thank you for clarifying.
09:34 Thank you.
09:35 Thank you ma'am Connie and Mark.
09:38 That was the Office for Transportation Security under Secretary Mau Aplasca.
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