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00:00Another angle came out in the hearing of the Chamber regarding the illegal potions in the country.
00:05Aside from the connection between illegal potions and illegal drugs,
00:09it is also possible that this has something to do with the illegal purchase of land by some Chinese here in the Philippines.
00:15For now, Tina Panganiban Perez has the news.
00:19A matrix was shown in the Chamber of the connection between illegal potions and illegal purchase of land in some provinces.
00:28The matrix was formed based on the information found by the Chamber
00:32from the sale of 3.6 billion pesos worth of shabu in Mexico, Pampanga, in 2023.
00:40There are some incorporators who asked the owner of the warehouse where the drugs were sold,
00:45which is connected to various corporations,
00:48like Pharmaly, which was involved in overpricing medical supplies to the government during the COVID pandemic.
00:55The answer from Pharmaly is Michael Yang.
00:58There seems to be a link regarding the ownership of drugs by these companies.
01:07The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs issued an arrest order against Michael Yang
01:12because of his involvement in the committee's invitations.
01:16Yang's lawyer, attorney Raymond Fortun, refused to comment on the matrix.
01:22The GMA Integrated News is also trying to get a reaction from those who were mentioned.
01:27Fernandez said that Michael Yang's brother was in a transaction with suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Goh.
01:34These issues are also connected to the investigation by the House Committee on Public Accounts
01:40that illegal purchase of Chinese nationals' land in Pampanga to be used as pogo sites.
01:47It was established also that those so many hectares of land are being bought
01:54by the different corporations whose incorporators are proven to be Chinese nationality.
02:02We all know that there's a constitutional prohibition for foreigners to own land in our country.
02:07We saw that there was an enablement of sale to the foreigners.
02:13Allegedly, this is assisted by no less than the LGU.
02:17Based on what I saw and my appreciation of the evidence,
02:21I think it's a money laundering scheme of drug syndicates that are passing through Pogo.
02:30Some lawmakers clarified that not all of the names in the matrix are connected to illegal activities.
02:36Their investigation is ongoing to find out who is really involved.
02:42Along with the possible legislation that will result in these investigations,
02:47there will be restrictions on obtaining Filipino birth certificates and Filipino passports and buying land.
02:54This is the first news. Tina Panganiban Perez for GMA Integrated News.
03:12Thank you.