PH vows to help determine source of guns in Jakarta attack

Local security forces are coordinating with their regional counterparts to verify reports that guns used in the Jakarta attacks last week supposedly came from the Philippines. Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Alberto Lina confirmed that the BOC is already looking into the circumstances surrounding the alleged smuggling of firearms from the Philippines to Indonesia. While he is not sure if the report is true, Lina said that it is the Intelligence and Enforcement Group of BOC that would handle the investigation into the smuggling of guns that were allegedly used in the terror attack in Jakarta. “We are already conducting an investigation,” said Lina. In Malacañang, Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. similarly said that the government has yet to confirm the report but assured it has a regular exchange of intelligence information with Indonesia and other regional allies on crossborder security issues. “Hinihintay pa natin ‘yung impormasyon galing [...]