PNP chief orders intensified drive vs selling of fake entry permits, pandemic documents

Airline ground staff (L) wearing protective gear work at the counter at the airport in Manila on August 4, 2020. AFP / Ted Aljibe

MANILA, Philippines — Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Philippine National Police chief, on Friday said he ordered the Anti-Cybercrime Group to step up its campaign against the selling of fake entry permits to foreigners and other falsified documents related to the country's pandemic response. 

"I have instructed our [ACG] to further intensify its focus and operations against those selling fake entry permits and other illegal activities related to COVID-19 including the sale of fake RT-PCR results, vaccination cards and others," Eleazar said in a statement written in Filipino.

"We will make sure that these people are held accountable because it is unacceptable that they are still able to take advantage despite the trials we face due to the pandemic." 

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