Agri firm says ASF vaccine aboveboard, graft complaint ‘baseless’

MANILA, Philippines – The graft complaint filed against executives of African Swine Fever (ASF) vaccine distributor KPP Powers Commodities Incorporated (KPP) is “baseless,” the company’s legal counsel told Rappler on Friday, August 23.

The complaint, filed by journalist Fermin Diaz before the Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday, August 21, alleged the collusion of three KPP executives with incumbent and former officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Bureau of Animal Industry...