TO SUPPLY DETAILS ON MONEY TRANSFER
UN to help in probe of AFP funds mess
By Michaela P. del Callar 02/07/2011The United Nations (UN) has offered to provide information to the Philippine Senate on the allegedly missing multimillion-dollar funds intended for Filipino peacekeepers.
Although it pointed out that the ongoing probe is internal to the Philippine government, the UN said it will give assistance to the ongoing inquiry by providing details on its transactions with the Armed Forces of the Philippines once requested by the Senate.
“If the Philippines inquiry needs information from the United Nations, we will be willing to consider that request at that time. We’ll help as needed,” Deputy UN spokesman Farhan Haq told a press briefing at the UN headquarters in New York Thursday (Friday in Manila).
Former state auditor Heidi Mendoza claimed that payments and reimbursement for the participation of Filipino troops in peacekeeping missions abroad from the UN were deposited to a wrong account in Iloilo before reaching the official military bank account..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110207hed1.html
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