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(Photo courtesy of BOC-Zamboanga District Office) MANILA - A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday appealed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to task the National Bureau of Investigation and a panel of prosecutors to go after the economic saboteurs who manipulate the prices and supply of any farm produce. Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Representative Bernadette Herrera said the DOJ should build solid cases that are "fool-proofed against technicalities and excuses" and send the economic saboteurs to jail because they have "inflicted great suffering" on millions of Filipinos and have adversely impacted the economy. "We have to go beyond raids on warehouses. We need paper trails, electronic trails, protected witnesses and convictions," Herrera said. She emphasized the need for tough administrative penalties and stiff fines to at least temporarily shut them down while their cases are pending. "Some of these heartless saboteurs would try to blame external factor