Sinagot ng isang opisyal ng administrasyong Marcos ang pahayag ng abugado ni Cassandra Ong na "clue" ang litrato nito kasama ang pangulo sa pagdami ng POGO sa bansa. Sabi ng opisyal, nagpa-litrato lang si Ong at hindi siya kilala ng first couple at kuha ito noong panahong 'di pa pangulo si Marcos.
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00:00An official of the Marcos administration responded to Cassandra Ong's lawyer's statement that the President and Ong had a clue about the increase in the number of POGOs in the country.
00:15The official said that Ong was just showing a picture and the First Couple did not know him and he got it when Marcos was not yet the President.
00:24Maris was right.
00:30Following the arrest of former Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, Sheila Guo, and her partner, Cassandra Lee Ong,
00:40Ong's lawyer, Attorney Ferdinand Topacio, released this picture that he got from the internet.
00:46Here you can see President Bombong Marcos and First Lady Liza Marcos.
00:50Next to the First Wife, Cassandra Lee Ong was arrested and a POGO owner in Porac, Pampanga.
00:57Cassandra Lee Ong confirms the authenticity of this picture.
01:02She said that what you see in this picture is really there at the same time, at this place, and on that date with President Marcos and First Lady Liza Marcos.
01:17Topacio added...
01:19This picture may hold the clue as to why POGO operations, especially illegal POGO, multiplied during the time of President Marcos
01:31because they were being aided and abetted by some officials of the present administration.
01:41A special envoy of the President to the People's Republic of China for Trade, Investment, and Tourism, Benitech Chico, also appeared in the picture.
01:50He said that the picture is true, but the story is not.
01:54Topacio showed the picture of what happened in November 2020, when Marcos was not yet the President, while they were eating together in Pasay.
02:03Here, he said, someone asked him to take a picture of Marcos' wife.
02:08The restaurant owner, whom we do not know, asked for a picture of our President.
02:20It's that simple.
02:22The story is that he came in, asked for a picture, and was allowed to take it.
02:30I only found out that it was Cassandra Lee Ong when this picture popped up.
02:36We never met her.
02:38We never...
02:40We don't know her name.
02:42It's so unfair, right?
02:44It's so unfair already to the President that he keeps on working hard and then yet,
02:50the search for the story does not end.
02:58Chico also answered what Topacio said about the increase of POGO during the time of Marcos.
03:03Analytically, you can compute when the buildings can be built.
03:13How many years does it take for the buildings to be built?
03:17President Marcos only sat down on July 2022.
03:27So technically speaking, I think it's impossible.
03:32Because it's not possible for their friends who are in the picture
03:36to hold hands with Chico,
03:38the statements of other people in the picture
03:40who are saying that they only asked for a picture of the other people in the picture.
03:44They both said that they don't know Ong,
03:47that he only came there to take a picture.
03:49Chico said,
03:51I hope this is not politically motivated.
03:53He hasn't talked to President Marcos about the picture yet.
03:57They don't plan to file a complaint against Topacio.
04:02Let's just move forward.
04:05For GMI Integrated News, Maris Umali speaking for 24 Hours.