Justice Minister Johnny Gibbons told reporters that there were properties that were returned and that an inventory has yet to be made on other properties to ensure that all of them are accounted for.
Gibbons said that the government will still determine what are the properties missing and whether it were taken out of the offices illegally.He said that if it was found to be stolen, appropriate charges will be filed against employees who took it out of the offices.Director Marino Rechesengel in an interview yesterday said that the items were actually listed as unlocated items in the inventory list of the Supply Division.He explained that some of these properties may have been misplaced or stored somewhere and could not be located that’s why it was regarded as unlocated properties.There are about 20 percent of government properties that are listed unlocated but most of these items are computer equipments which system is already obsolete.He said these items could have been in the shop for repair and because there was really no custodian of these properties, the staff could have forgotten about it and could not remember anymore where it was.Director Rechesengel said that some of these properties may have been surveyed way back but the paper works had not been updated.He said there is a normal standard procedure in transferring a government property to the other government agency or to the possession of other government employee.He said as far as he is concerned, everybody followed the right procedure and everything went through the right process.
