An Instagram post on social networks is currently making the rounds on the internet through Facebook and other social media sites. The post describe how local airport officials required German volunteers to pay taxes for their truckloads of donated supplies.
The post which went viral for the past few hours had already garnered more than 10,000 shares on Facebook as Filipinos were angered with the behavior of these local officials.
Based upon the Instagram post, the Filipino Instagram user was at the Lufthansa and noticed that there were many Germans and trucks loaded with items. The Germans were seemingly confused on what to do. She initially thought that the truckloads of items were for Lufthansa.
She later found out that these Germans are volunteers and the truckloads of items were donations and emergency supplies intended to be transported to Tacloban. The German volunteers flew to personally distribute their donations to the Haiyan victims. However, the volunteers were left stuck at LTP hangar because the Philippine Bureau of Customs was requiring them to pay taxes.
The Instagram posts received negative comments among netizens who have seen the statement made by an Instagram users. The government agency involved, the Bureau of Customs immediately posted their statement of denial with regards to the incident involving the German aid workers.
