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                    [Title] => Lepeng Wee cleared of smuggling
                    [Summary] => A prominent Zamboanga City businessman was cleared yesterday of smuggling charges by the Department of Justice.


Justice Secretary Hernando Perez has ordered government prosecutors to remove the name of Lepeng Wee, also known as Wee Dee Ping, from a list of people whom the Bureau of Customs had charged with violating the Tariff and Customs Code.


Last year, Wee was charged with smuggling in connection with the importation in June 2000 of 39 drums of chemicals from Malaysia by three Malaysian businessmen.


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No one was reported hurt.


Chief Inspector Jose Bayani Gucela, intelligence chief of the Zamboanga City police, said the explosion shattered window panes and damaged the gates of the residence of Lepeng Wee.


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Acting DENR Secretary Joemari Gerochi identified those charged as Lepeng Wee, Estrada’s presidential adviser on Mindanao; Ang Bean Ean and Tan Ngee Foo, both Malaysian nationals; and Nancy Lim, a Zamboanga City-based trader.


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                    [Summary] => Acting Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Joemari Gerochi ordered yesterday the immediate filing of criminal charges against a former adviser of ousted President Joseph Estrada for the importation of at least 39 drums of toxic chemicals.


Gerochi directed DENR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs Roseller dela Peña to ready the appropriate charges against Lepeng Wee, former presidential adviser of Estrada on Mindanao economic affairs, after the DENR’s investigating team found out that Wee owned the 39 drums of imported toxic chemicals.


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"We are now in the process of collating all the evidence for the possible reopening or filing of these cases," a member of the group said.


Lacson has thrown his hat into the political ring, aspiring for a seat in the Senate.


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