3 in assessor’s office face extortion charge
BAYAMBANG – Three employees of the Municipal Assessors Office are now in hot water following the allegations of a lot owner that he was asked to pay “extra” to facilitate the titling of his property
The complainant, whose name is still being withheld, said when he went to the Assessor’s Office to have his property titled, the three employees, two of whom are female employees, demanded money from him to pay for their “services” in tilting of his lot.
But to his disappointment, his property remained untitled a year after he was asked to fork over the extra fee.
The identities of the suspects are being withheld pending completion of the investigation.
However, Municipal Assessor Annie de Leon clarified that it is the Register of Deeds and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, not the assessors office that issues titles for lots.
De Leon said her office will be open to any complaint against whosoever of her employees but added that due process must be observed even as she assured the complainant that her office will not tolerate any wrong doing by any of her personnel.
“While the investigation is going on, I will recommend to the higher authority the preventive suspension of the employees in question to erase any cloud of doubt once and for all,” she said. – APE
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