POGO COMPOUND Picture reveals the compound purported to have been used for Pogos in Porac, Pampanga. —Grig C. Montegrande
MANILA, Philippines — The quad-committee of the Home of Representatives issued present trigger orders on Friday to people linked to the unlawful Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogos), following their non-attendance to the listening to on the hyperlinks of Pogos, unlawful drug commerce, and conflict on medicine.
“The quad-committee, composed of the Committees on harmful medicine, public order and security, human rights, and public accounts, has been tasked with attending to the underside of the advanced and deeply entrenched felony actions linked to Pogos, together with the unlawful drug commerce, and the EJKs related to the earlier administration’s anti-drug marketing campaign,” the quad-committee mentioned in an announcement.
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Abang Lingkod Rep. Joseph Paduano, chair of the Home committee on public accounts motioned to difficulty the present trigger orders. This was then permitted by Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, who leads the quad-committee and the Committee on harmful medicine.
Alberto Rodulfo De La Serna, was among the many key figures who didn’t attend the listening to on Friday. He’s the “government assistant” of former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and a former male pageant contestant.
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The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Fee recovered De La Serna’s appointment papers as Roque’s Govt Assistant III on the Fortunate South 99 compound in Porac, Pampanga. An affidavit of assist from Roque declaring that he could be offering monetary assist to his assistant’s journey to Poland, Ukraine, and Italy in October 2023 was additionally retrieved.
Roque, who was absent from the listening to, cited an look earlier than the Manila Regional Trial Court docket, as his motive. Nonetheless, if his non-attendance on the courtroom listening to could be proved, a present trigger order can even be issued to him.
“The absence of key figures, together with Dela Serna, alarmed committee members, resulting in the issuance of present trigger orders to compel their attendance and cooperation within the ongoing investigation,” the quad-committee added.
Additional, present trigger orders have been additionally issued to extra people:
- Bamban, Tarlac appearing mayor Eraño Timbang and different officers
- officers resembling Thelma Laranan and Yu Zheng Can from Hongsheng Gaming Expertise Inc.
- incorporators of Baofu Land Company, together with Alice Guo and Bernard Chua
- president Julian Linsangan III and different figures from Fortunate South 99 Outsourcing Inc. and Fortunate South 99 Company
- incorporators of Whirlwind Company resembling Josefina Mascarenas and Duanren Wu
- incorporators of Biancham Holdings and Buying and selling Inc., together with Roque and others
- lawyer Gerald Y. Medina from Media, Flores Ofrin Legislation Workplace
- Ruperto Cruz, proprietor of a controversial property in Bamban, Tarlac
- Danny Corral, president and CEO of First Bataan Mariveles Holdings Company
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