THREE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) employees have been arrested over bribery allegations, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) announced on Monday. They were identified as BIR Regional Investigation Division employees Arturo D. Buniol, Gary V. Atanacio, and Egardo Y. Javier, who were nabbed in an entrapment operation in San Juan last June. The case stemmed from a complaint filed by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission, which investigated the three for allegedly demanding P75,000 from a restaurant that was being assessed for a supposed P1.2 million tax liability. The three are now facing charges before the Office of the Ombudsman. — Dane Angelo M. Enerio

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