Manila, May 20 -- Charges will be filed against government officials who will be found involved in the smuggling of rice, Malacanang said on Tuesday.

In an interview with dzBB, Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said there is an ongoing investigation into the supposed involvement of government officials in the illegal importation of rice.

This developed after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., during the first episode of his "BBM Podcast" uploaded on his official Facebook page on Monday, revealed that some government officials are behind and profiting from rice smuggling.

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