Manila, March 10 -- The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday said the three airport workers implicated in an alleged "tanim-bala" (bullet-planting) incident at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City are not Bureau of Immigration (BI) employees.

The trio, already dismissed according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr), are under the Office for Transportation Security (OTS).

"Clarify ko lang 'yung mga nahuli sa tanim-bala ay hindi galing sa Immigration. There is a confusion as to sino 'yung talagang sangkot sa issue na 'yan at may nakita akong ibang items na immigration po ang may kasalanan o sangkot doon (I just want to clarify that the personnel involved are not from the Bureau of Immigration. There is a...