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(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)

THE PRESIDENT did the right thing in apologizing to Acsa Ramirez, the Land Bank cashier who blew the whistle on the P431-million tax diversion scam but was falsely accused of complicity by the National Bureau of Investigation, according to Sen. Aquilino Pimentel.

But an apology was not enough to make it up to Ramirez who endured "public humiliation" and even suffered a miscarriage as a result of the incident, he said.

Pimentel said erring NBI investigators should be punished for making the mistake.

"Those who ...

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