Binanggit ng isang senador ang umano'y posibleng koneksyon sa mga iligal na POGO ng mga personalidad na iniuugnay noon sa "Pharmally scandal" Kabilang diyan ang dating presidential economic adviser ng nakaraang administrasyon.
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00:00A senator mentioned the possible connection between the illegal Pogos and the personalities that were involved in the formerly scandalous Farmally scandal,
00:09including the former presidential economic advisor of the previous administration.
00:14And Ma'am Gonzales was there.
00:20In the Senate hearing yesterday regarding the illegal Pogos,
00:23several times, the name of Michael Yang, the former presidential economic advisor, was mentioned in the formerly scandalous Farmally scandal.
00:32Yang is connected to a Gerald Cruz, according to Senator Risa Contiveros.
00:36Cruz is an incorporator of BrickHearts Technologies, a Pogo that used to operate in Cavite but now has its license canceled.
00:44Some documents of BrickHearts were found in the Pogo raid in Bambantarlac.
00:48Of the seven incorporators, four are from Davao.
00:53But what really interests me here is this man, Gerald T. Cruz.
01:00He is also connected to Farmally, along with Huang Tzu-Yen, who was involved in a large money laundering case in Taiwan,
01:11and along with Alan Lim.
01:14Alan Lim is Lin Wei-Song, who is also connected to the issue of Shabu in the country.
01:24Have these connections been noted by PAG-COR?
01:28This personality is involved in the Farmally issue and it has been noted by us.
01:38In the investigation conducted by the Senate on the overpriced COVID supplies bought by the government to Farmally,
01:43Cruz' name was revealed as the corporate secretary of Farmally Biological Company.
01:48Cruz is also the corporate secretary of the Philippine Fulwine Group of Companies, where Yang is the president.
01:54Contiveros said that it seems that Farmally Group is also behind the Pogos because the personalities are the same.
02:01While we are following this investigation against Pogos, the connection between Gerald Cruz and Michael Yang has been revealed.
02:11Let's see where the evidence will lead us if this time around, the dotted lines will be connected to Duterte.
02:19PAG-COR said that this name is on their radar, but...
02:23As of now, we cannot say any information about that connection with higher officials.
02:30Yang's name was revealed when Jessa Mendoza, a victim of identity theft, was placed as the director or incorporator of various companies,
02:39including Yang's Yancey River Group.
02:41My name, taxpayer identification number, and signature were used to incorporate no less than 193 corporations.
02:55Of the said number, more than half or around 102 have foreign-sounding names.
03:02I was not aware of the existence of any of these corporations.
03:07That's why Contiveros thinks that it's possible that Yang is a mastermind.
03:11It's possible because he played a big role in the Farmally scam.
03:18If the same Farmally group is also here in Pogo, it's possible that he also played a big role here.
03:26But Yang was careful in responding to Pogo.
03:29If there's any evidence against him, it should be released to the public.
03:33In addition, Yang's lawyer said that there's no direct evidence of Yang's connection with Pogo.
03:37Mr. Yang's name has never appeared in any of these corporations.
03:40You have to make a very clear connection about the illegal acts that a particular person is a part of,
03:50not simply because he is in the corporation.
03:54I think that's pretty unfair.
03:56In the camera, Yang was night in contempt yesterday
03:59because of the lack of information about the 3.6 billion peso drug bust in Mexico Pampanga in 2023,
04:05where the shabu was found in the Empire 999 warehouse,
04:08where Lincoln Ong, a well-known associate of Yang, is the incorporator.
04:12When we traced that there are corporations registered under the name of Mr. Michael Yang,
04:19we saw that there's a connection with the corporation registered under the name of Mr. Willie Ong.
04:26Now, if you remember, several years ago, there was a report from Colonel Acierto
04:34that he is involved in drug smuggling in Davao.
04:38Barbers ordered a 30-day detention for Yang in Bicutan Jail in Taguig City.
04:43But based on the government's record, Yang left Manila for Dubai on May 12.
04:48Yang was given a dispense for not traveling because he had an important business trip to Dubai.
04:52He didn't need his presence in the camera just to embarrass him.
04:56He has long been accused of being involved in illegal drugs
04:59and if there's evidence against him, it should be presented in court.
05:03He also violated the law in the right place to refuse accusations.
05:07He defended his name and authority in the right venue.
05:11In addition, everyone knows about his relationship with former President Rodrigo Duterte,
05:15whom he met when he was the mayor of Davao City.
05:18Duterte did not help him or his close friend in the business.
05:22He is also not involved in any illegal business.
05:25For GMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzalez, Katutok, 24 Hours.
05:31GMA Integrated News continues to pick up on the case of former President Rodrigo Duterte
05:38in the Senate hearing.