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00:00We will bring to the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong the body of Lucky South 99 Pogo in Pampanga, Cassandra Ong.
00:11Because of the repeated questions that she did not answer to the questions of the congressmen in the hearing.
00:16The lawyer of Ong is determined to fight against the constitutional rights of her client,
00:21she is the one who will be bullied by the congressmen.
00:23Witness, Rafi Tima.
00:25I invoke my right to remain silent.
00:31Her face has just started in the quadcom in the camera today.
00:34This is the answer of the body of Lucky South 99 Pogo in Purak, Pampanga,
00:38that Cassandra Lee Ong asked about her text that she does not want to be involved in the fight of a big man.
00:44Ong still has love for the answer.
00:46Attorney Ferdinand Topacio was also there.
00:48What I am saying is the right to remain silent.
00:52I would just like to remind Madam Cassandra Ong and her lawyer
00:56that what we are conducting here is not a custodial investigation
01:01where you can invoke your right to remain silent.
01:04There have been Supreme Court decisions on this.
01:07So I think the witness has to answer.
01:10Otherwise, we will move to citering contempt for refusal to answer.
01:14Even Attorney Ferdinand Topacio, who is Ong's lawyer,
01:17was warned by Ong because he asked for a citation for his client.
01:20Even though the question of where he studied in college was answered by Ong.
01:24Is that your first job in Lucky South 99?
01:29I refuse to testify.
01:31What is your first job in your life?
01:33I am sorry again. I refuse to testify.
01:40Where did you go to college?
01:42This will not incriminate you.
01:45It will.
01:47Because of his refusal to answer the questions,
01:49Ong was formally cited for contempt and was ordered to be detained
01:52at the Women's Correctional in Mandaluyong.
01:54You are cited in contempt and you will be detained.
01:57Julie seconded any objection.
02:00Hearing none, the motion is approved.
02:02There is a motion to detain Cassandra Ong
02:06at the Women's Correctional Center located at?
02:10Mandaluyong.
02:12Mandaluyong.
02:14At the Women's Correctional Detention Facility.
02:20Julie seconded any objections.
02:23Hearing none, the motion is approved.
02:26After being ordered to be detained at the Women's Correctional,
02:29Ong was given another chance to speak through the Executive Session.
02:33This is where Ong spoke about his thoughts on the case.
02:38Cassandra Ong was detained by the camera
02:40because she did not respond to the camera's request
02:43until she was arrested in Indonesia and deported back to the Philippines.
02:47Are you willing to avail of that?
02:50Attorney Tapasyo, this is your last warning.
02:54You are coaching your client.
02:56Please stop whispering.
02:58And Cassie, I have to remind you as well
03:03that this involves human trafficking.
03:05No bail.
03:06If you let this happen, you will be held accountable.
03:10You will be held accountable.
03:12This can be used against you.
03:14Can I think about it?
03:15Sure.
03:16But again, we will be warning you.
03:18Following the hearing,
03:20Ong's role in Locky South 99 and Worldwink Corporation
03:23was elevated based on the information of the resource person
03:26who was invited to the hearing.
03:28He is my boss.
03:30What else does Cassandra Ong ask of you as your boss?
03:36Documents and cheques.
03:39Sometimes, she asks me to issue 10 pieces worth of 15,000.
03:47That's what I do.
03:49In other words, Ms. Baterna, you are only the issuer and the firmer.
03:54Is that right?
03:55That's right, Madam Chair.
03:56She is with me in the office.
03:58As far as I know, she is Mr. Wu's personal translator.
04:04She is always with him in meetings.
04:08Until such time, she is the one who deals with all the people you should talk to.
04:15According to Atherine Tupasho,
04:17her lawyer is highly respected by her client.
04:20Congressmen are also doing things to bully her.
04:24This is a violation of her constitutional rights.
04:27Ms. Ong also answered the questions of the congressmen.
04:30But for the information about the corporations she belongs to,
04:34like Lucky South 99 and Whirlwind Corporation,
04:37for GMA Integrated News, your Rafi Timang, Saksi!