Ngakaagae hits back at “ungrateful and entitled” DIS officers

In a detailed written response to the DIS staff accusation the Director General Peter Magosi of attempting an unlawful P1.5 million deduction from their salaries, Ngakaagae painted a picture of a four-year legal battle fought largely on charity and a moral decision to slash his fees by 90%.

The dispute centres on a court order that required DIS to pay settlement monies into the trust account of Ngakaagae and Company. When the spy agency erroneously paid the officers directly, it left the law firm with unrecovered costs. The DIS subsequently agreed to pay the firm an equivalent sum and recover it from staff salaries, a move the officers have since challenged as an unlawful intrusion into a private attorney-client relationship.