The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered a three-month suspension of an immigration officer for refusing to receive an official communication from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) regarding the arrest of two Koreans.
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Cebu alien control officer Casimiro Madarang III was guilty of simple misconduct and was ordered suspended without pay.
The anti-graft office directed the BI commissioner to implement the penalty and to immediately submit its compliance report.
Madarang declined to comment, saying he had yet to read the Ombudsman’s decision. In his decision, graft investigation and prosecution officer Darious Sagadal found sufficient evidence to prove that Madarang violated the law.
“There was no rational reason why Madarang should refuse to receive the official communication.
His refusal to accept it is a violation of a standard behavior for government employees,” said Sagadal whose ruling was approved by Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Paul Elmer Clemente.
Lawyer Augusto Isidoro, former NBI-7 assistant Central Visayas director, filed a complaint against Madarang at the Ombudsman-Visayas last year for refusing to take custody of Goo Jonghoi and Kim Sang Yeon who were arrested for selling used clothes in two separate operations.