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00:00Live from the GMA Network Center,
00:0420 years of learning in 24 Hours.
00:11Good evening, Luzon Visayas and Mindanao.
00:15He's not a mastermind, but a victim.
00:19That's what Alice Goh is trying to say.
00:22She's ready to teach.
00:24She's the most guilty of all the illegal sheep.
00:28During his Executive Session,
00:30a Senator said,
00:32there's a trap here.
00:34He also faced the relationship
00:36between Mayor Don Calugay,
00:38who was affected by the increase in taxes
00:40and increased his waiver
00:42to open his bank account.
00:44Sandra Aguinaldo is live.
00:48Sandra.
00:50Mel, Emil, Vicky,
00:52you know that today,
00:54the Senate Committee
00:57is discussing
00:59to end their hearings
01:01regarding the sheep.
01:03In fact,
01:05the next hearing
01:07may be the last.
01:09But in today's hearing,
01:11Mayor Alice Goh said
01:13that she's not a mastermind,
01:15but a victim.
01:17Are you a mastermind?
01:19Are you willing to say
01:21if there's a mastermind
01:23behind this whole operation?
01:25Your Honor,
01:27I'm not a mastermind.
01:29I can say that I'm a victim.
01:31That's what Mayor Alice Goh said
01:33during the Senate hearing
01:35regarding the illegal sheep.
01:37Do you use
01:39a criminal syndicate,
01:41an international group
01:43or a crime syndicate?
01:47Your Honor,
01:49I didn't use it.
01:51If ever,
01:53if ever I was helped,
01:55what kind of person I am,
01:57I'm a helpful person.
01:59If ever,
02:01that's all.
02:03But in the activities
02:05that I did,
02:07or in the allegations,
02:09I didn't do anything.
02:11Are you guilty?
02:13Or,
02:15are you the most guilty?
02:17Or do you think there's someone more guilty
02:19in this operation?
02:22I'm not guilty.
02:24So,
02:26you're not the most guilty?
02:28There's someone more guilty?
02:30Someone who really has a mastermind?
02:32Your Honor,
02:34I think
02:36after a long investigation,
02:38the committee already knows
02:40especially chaired by our
02:42Madam Chairman,
02:44who's really at the back of everything.
02:46In this session,
02:48are you willing to say
02:50that you're the most guilty?
02:54Yes, Your Honor.
02:56Earlier,
02:58Ms. Angkat asked for an executive session
03:00to answer the questions of the Senators
03:02about who helped her
03:04to get out of the country.
03:06She said she's in charge of her own safety
03:08that's why she didn't mention her name.
03:10It even reached the point
03:12where she was written
03:14the name of the person who helped her
03:16who was later described by some Senators
03:18as one of the brains of the illegal Pogo activities
03:20in the country.
03:22Some Senators thought
03:24this is the right time
03:26for Guo's executive session.
03:28But Guo said
03:30she's not with her lead counsel.
03:32I want my lead counsel
03:34to be with me.
03:36So, in the next
03:38and possibly last hearing?
03:40That's why she was convinced
03:42by the Senators.
03:44In fact, she has other lawyers.
03:47We're not traitors.
03:49If you want to talk inside,
03:51it's up to us.
03:53Guo also agreed
03:55that's why the executive session
03:57lasted for a few minutes
03:59because the Senators still have a session.
04:01Senator J.V. Ejercito said
04:03there's still time
04:05for a short talk.
04:07The executive meeting
04:09will continue next week
04:11and Guo will remind
04:13the events.
04:15Cassandra Lee Ong also attended
04:17the hearing and answered questions
04:19about her involvement in the Pogo operations
04:21in Porac.
04:23In particular, her involvement with Duanren Wu
04:25who is said to be one of the leaders
04:27in the illegal Pogo operations.
04:29Ong became emotional
04:31when she was told
04:33how she met Wu.
04:35Who introduced you to Duanren?
04:37My mom.
04:39What's the relationship between Duanren and your mother?
04:41They said she's my best friend.
04:43She's the one
04:45who's like my parents.
04:47When my mom left,
04:49when she arrived,
04:51she just left.
04:53If I may, Senator Sherwin,
04:55why were you crying, Ms. Cassandra?
05:01At that time,
05:03my mom just passed away.
05:05Did she just disappear?
05:07Did they disappear
05:09or did they die?
05:12My mom died.
05:14And that was the time
05:16when Duanren Wu arrived.
05:18And he's the one who
05:20introduced you to
05:22Whirlwind Corporation?
05:24Yes, Mr. Sherwin.
05:26Senator Gingio Estrada asked
05:28Sual Mayor Don Calugay
05:30about their relationship with Guo.
05:32And he explained
05:34about his private property,
05:36Happy Penguin Resort in Sual,
05:38which is said to be owned by Calugay.
05:40But here, Guo hid
05:42and ran away.
05:44Calugay used to be a policeman
05:46with a PO1 rank.
05:48Senator Gingio Estrada pointed out
05:50that he has a lot of property
05:52when he was a mayor.
05:54Calugay denied this.
05:56He denied that he has bank accounts
05:58with hundreds of millions of pesos in it.
06:00In the end, Calugay signed a waiver
06:02to open his bank accounts.
06:10Vicky, earlier
06:12when Alice Guo and the senators
06:14entered the Executive Session,
06:16we saw that
06:18when they entered,
06:20the senators were in a hurry
06:22and their faces were serious.
06:24Because they were really
06:26chasing the session
06:28that will be held today.
06:30That's why they had to go there.
06:32And that's why they were only allowed
06:34to stay for a few minutes
06:36inside a closed room.
06:39Sandra, the details
06:41in the Executive Session were a bit bitter
06:43because it was confidential.
06:45But what was the mood of the senators
06:47after this, if you had a chance
06:49to see them earlier?
06:54Vicky, when they left the room,
06:56they immediately went
06:58to the session
07:00because they were chasing it.
07:02Their faces were serious
07:04and they were ready
07:07to participate in the session earlier.
07:09But what we witnessed
07:11when Alice Guo said
07:13that she was ready
07:15to reveal some details
07:17like what she said
07:19about the mastermind,
07:21we also saw that the senators reacted
07:23as if they were
07:25excited or interested
07:27in what Alice Guo might say.
07:29And in fact,
07:31after the hearing,
07:33Vicky, there was another scene
07:36that we saw earlier
07:38where she was convincing
07:40the senators
07:42to proceed to the Executive Session.
07:44Vicky?
07:46Sandra, do you have an idea
07:48when exactly the Part 2
07:50of the Executive Session will happen
07:52and what topic
07:54the senators would like to discuss?
07:58Yes, Vicky,
08:00what we were told earlier
08:02and what was repeated
08:04after the hearing earlier
08:06is that they will proceed
08:08to the next hearing.
08:10Of course, some senators
08:12have said in the past
08:14that they don't expect
08:16that Alice Guo
08:18will say something serious
08:20because what they sense
08:22from her during the hearings
08:24is that she is also protecting
08:26the people who might be
08:28higher than her.
08:30But even so,
08:33we were able to see
08:35the words of the senators
08:37who also heard that maybe
08:39the Executive Session will speak
08:41about how she learned
08:43about Pogo Operations
08:45and the personalities behind it.
08:47Alright, thank you very much,
08:49Sandra Aguinaldo.
08:51Because it seems that
08:53she is no longer interested
08:55in the work of her office,
08:57some lawmakers might ask
08:59Vice President Sara Duterte
09:02to step down
09:04from her position
09:06in the OVP Budget.
09:08Maki Pulido is watching.
09:14You're asking her to resign?
09:18If she is no longer interested
09:20in her duties and functions
09:22as the Vice President,
09:24we can ask the Vice President
09:26to step down.
09:28From the cameras,
09:31Next, Vice President Sara Duterte
09:33did not face
09:35the deliberation of the plenary
09:37in the OVP Budget.
09:39Yesterday, the OVP Budget
09:41was supposed to be included
09:43in the plenary,
09:45but the Vice President
09:47did not show up
09:49and said that he is letting
09:51the OVP Budget to be
09:53passed by the lawmakers.
09:55According to congressmen,
09:57this is the first time
09:59Vice President Sara Duterte
10:01is not interested
10:03in her duties
10:05and functions
10:07as the Vice President
10:09of the Philippines.
10:11Vice President Sara Duterte
10:13did not show up
10:15and said that he is letting
10:17the OVP Budget
10:19to be passed by the lawmakers.
10:21Vice President Sara Duterte
10:23did not show up
10:25and said that he is letting
10:28the OVP Budget
10:30to be passed by the lawmakers.
10:32Vice President Sara Duterte
10:34did not show up
10:36and said that he is letting
10:38the OVP Budget
10:40to be passed by the lawmakers.
10:42Vice President Sara Duterte
10:44did not show up
10:46and said that he is letting
10:48the OVP Budget
10:50to be passed by the lawmakers.
10:52Vice President Sara Duterte
10:54did not show up
10:57and said that he is letting
10:59the OVP Budget
11:01to be passed by the lawmakers.
11:03For congressmen,
11:05this is not a betrayal
11:07of public trust.
11:09But this is not enough
11:11for impeachment.
11:26For congressmen,
11:28this is not a betrayal
11:30of public trust.
11:32But this is not enough
11:34for impeachment.
11:36But this is not enough
11:38for impeachment.
11:40But this is not enough
11:42for impeachment.
11:44But this is not enough
11:46for impeachment.
11:48But this is not enough
11:50for impeachment.
11:52But this is not enough
11:54for impeachment.
11:56But this is not enough
11:58for impeachment.
12:00But this is not enough
12:02for impeachment.
12:04But this is not enough
12:06for impeachment.
12:09He clarified the Office of Vice President
12:11that they did not wait
12:13the congressmen
12:15for 17 hours.
12:17They even called this
12:19fake news.
12:21They said that since September 16,
12:23Lanaldo saw Representative Zia Adjong, who was instructed by the Vice President in the House of Representatives to deliberate on the requested budget.
12:31It is stated in the letter of the OVP to the lawmakers.
12:35In the statement of the OVP, there was no argument regarding the statement of some lawmakers
12:41that it seems that the Vice President is not interested in the job and in their possible request for his resignation.
12:51His own mother sold a new bridge in Sanggolo for P40,000.
12:57His defense, after being arrested, is that it is difficult.
13:01Jun Valeracion was arrested.
13:10His 26-year-old mother was not able to survive
13:14in the entrapment operation of the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group
13:18in a lying-in clinic in Caloocan City earlier this morning,
13:21one day after she gave birth to her first child.
13:27The PNP-ACG monitored the post of the suspect on social media
13:31that he was giving birth to his only daughter for P40,000.
13:36It was also shown by the ultrasound results to Bayer, who did not know that he was a police officer.
13:42According to the PNP-ACG, the mother's reason for selling her child was because of poverty.
13:48She said that she needed the maintenance of her father,
13:51and she did not have a job since she was also unemployed.
13:55She really did not have a livelihood for her child.
13:57Her father did not know that she was pregnant and that she was just giving birth.
14:03The baby is currently being cared for by social workers.
14:07The mother is facing charges of violation of the Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse,
14:13Exploitation and Discrimination Act, also known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
14:19The penalty depends on the appreciation or the gravity of her offense.
14:23But the PNP-ACG knows that her imprisonment and fines are one degree higher
14:28if ever she is found guilty in this case.
14:32The media tried to get hold of the mother's arrest warrant.
14:35I will defend myself, but I will not speak for you.
14:39Six social media pages with thousands of followers are being monitored by the PNP-ACG
14:46because they are involved in the increasing number of cases of babies for sale.
14:51According to the PNP, both are liable for selling and buying.
14:57There is a process of redemption if the responsibility of being a parent cannot be fulfilled.
15:03Online selling of babies is becoming rampant.
15:07It is better if we go through the legal process of adopting a child.
15:15For GMA Integrated News, June Veneracion, 24 Hours.
15:21The separatists are being investigated, but the next step is for the two activists in Albay this August.
15:29In the increasing number of CCTV footage,
15:33a human rights lawyer claims that this is a professional operation.
15:37Danoting Cungco reports.
15:43Felix Salaveria Jr., an activist, was walking in Albay, Barangay Cobo, on August 28
15:49when he was forced to ride in a nearby van.
15:53Some of the motorcyclists surrounding him were also caught.
15:57I was worried about him.
16:01I was worried about his status.
16:04I was worried if he will be able to eat properly.
16:09One day, I was so worried.
16:12I felt like I was going crazy.
16:14There were days when I felt like we need to fight.
16:17We need to take action.
16:19On August 23, CCTV caught a van entering San Lorenzo, Barangay Cobo, in the same city.
16:25The group Karapatan believes that it was the young brother of the former National Democratic Front consultant, Alan Hasmines,
16:33who approached the activist, James Hasmines.
16:36Hasmines came to watch Salaveria's birthday celebration.
16:40From 10 p.m. onwards, he couldn't contact James.
16:45So he tried looking for James on the possible bike paths.
16:51Two days after, he was finally able to get back to the city.
16:56Of the many items that were caught by CCTV,
16:59professional operation is what the human rights lawyer, Atty. Tony Lavinia, considered.
17:04Several vehicles involved, a van, motorcycles,
17:10at least for Hasmines, maybe 10 people.
17:16For Salaveria, at least 5 people, 6 people, including a driver.
17:21That has to be a professional operation.
17:24And that's probably a state agency that we demand that the police and tobacco also investigate this properly.
17:31It seems that there is a pattern in the arrest according to Karapatan.
17:35Number one, either red tag.
17:40Number two, the manner of arresting them.
17:47Third, clearly there are resources.
17:52All bear the signs of it being a state-perpetrated abduction, therefore an enforced disappearance.
17:59We do not know, except that we know, based on our past experience, that this is a state sanction.
18:06This could be simply military units or police units acting on their own.
18:12Salaveria and Hasmines' relatives are now in cahoots with the Human Rights Commission.
18:17The report and blotter in Barangay Polisya and LGU also included Salaveria's family.
18:22The strongest impact on me would be the loss of sense of urgency.
18:42The first thing we want to happen is for us to see our father.
18:48We want to see him in front of us, alive and in an okay condition.
18:54We asked the AFP and PNP to speak.
18:57The PNP replied that they will investigate the case.
19:01Our coordination with the Human Rights Commission is ongoing.
19:04We will not hesitate to do so so that justice will be served for the loss of both of them.
19:10For GMA Integrated News, I'm Dano Tincuong, for 24 Hours.
19:14Aside from the Go family, it is confirmed that Tony Yang has obtained the Philippine Birth Certificate, even though he is a Chinese national.
19:24It was left to the Senate, as well as the businesses related to POGO.
19:30Ma'am Gonzales is on the case.
19:36He is a Chinese national, but he has a Philippine Birth Certificate.
19:40It was not denied to the Senate by Tony Yang, a brother of the former Presidential Economic Advisor, Michael Yang, who is now being invited to POGO.
19:47He also told us that with the help of a translator, in 1998, he was the first to go to the Philippines,
19:52when his grandfather invited him to do business here.
19:55He did not know how to speak Tagalog or English.
19:57Where were you born?
19:59I was born in China, in Fujian.
20:03How do you spell that?
20:05Fujian, and that means in Fujian province.
20:08Place of birth, Misamis Oriental.
20:10And you just told us that you were born in Xinjiang, in Fujian province.
20:15So, a lie on the birth certificate is another proof that your birth certificate is irregular.
20:25My grandfather who helped me come up with this birth certificate, and I'm not sure maybe he did this for the convenience of the business here.
20:35Yang Jianxin is his name in the Alien Certificate of Registration, but Antonio Maestrado Lim is his name in the Driver's License, Tin and Gun Permit.
20:43Before, I had a transaction with a POGO company for renting out a condo unit for them.
20:55The name that I had a transaction with is Qiu Shui.
20:57Senator Arisa Ontiveros asked her about the POGO service provider in Oruan, where President Yang was listed.
21:05The reason why my name was in Oruan is because during that time, I rented out the place to them.
21:10It was also inherited by Philippine Sand Dunes Steel.
21:14It's supposed to be a steel plant, but it also has POGO-like facilities inside.
21:22It has dorm-style facilities, a restricted area that is prohibited for us Filipinos.
21:29It also has a torturer.
21:33How many foreign nationals does this facility have?
21:38During their heyday, we were looking at around 2,000 POGO workers.
21:44But now, ma'am, it's less than 300.
21:49I received an intel report.
21:52And of course, the documents that we saw, it all points to a POGO operation.
21:57She was also asked if President Yang is close to former President Rodrigo Duterte, especially his brother, who is his presidential advisor.
22:04I am not very close with the former President Duterte, and I don't have contact with him.
22:10How did you meet the former president?
22:13Former President Duterte, he went to Cagayan, and we had a meeting with the Chinese business groups.
22:20And that's why we were able to meet him, and we had a photo with him.
22:31We get to meet these officials, especially when we need some help for the safety of our community.
22:43Former Chief PNP.
22:45Because in this picture, it's an older picture.
22:51He was a regional director.
22:53Yes, when he was still in Cagayan, as the director, we know each other.
22:58In another photo, Acorda is with Mayor Don Calugay, a former relationship and business partner of Aris Go.
23:05We were amazed, Your Honor, because he is the former chief of police of Sual.
23:13In another photo, it's the brother of Aris, Wesley Go.
23:16He also wants to see the highest position in the PNP.
23:21Why does he want to see the chief of PNP?
23:23Nothing, just like that, Your Honor, just join us.
23:27I have no idea, I just saw the picture.
23:29Acorda was not invited to the hearing, and we asked him to give a statement regarding this.
23:34Senator Bato de la Rosa read the statement of the former chiefs of the Philippine National Police.
23:39It should be noted that Paco Senior Vice President Retired General Raul Villanueva
23:44mentioned the chief of PNP who helped in the escape of Aris Go.
23:48It is incumbent upon himself to identify this rogue former PNP chief to clear the names of those not involved.
23:58Unconfirmed information is considered not an intelligence data, not actionable at all.
24:05Therefore, it is not yet valid.
24:09I don't want to put malice on our chief PNP. I'm sorry.
24:14The chief of PNP, Jausho Chi, also attended the hearing.
24:17He was involved in the escape of Pogo in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu.
24:19He also embezzled one million pesos from the PNP.
24:23Because my wife, her body is weak, I wanted to have a separate arrangement for my wife and my granddaughter.
24:37There is no other way to interpret that, ma'am, because they attempted three times.
24:41Mav Gonzales, Nakatutok, 24 Horas.
24:45The former PNP chief, Benjamin Acorda Jr., along with Tony Young and Wesley Go,
24:49were not directly involved in the incident.
24:52However, the CIDJ is still investigating the information that the former chief of PNP,
24:56Nakatutok, June Veneracion, may have helped Alice Go abroad.
25:04The former PNP chief, Benjamin Acorda Jr., was mentioned in the hearing of the Senate earlier.
25:10Senator Risa Ontiveros showed his picture with Tony Young and his brother, Alice Go.
25:17When he received the statement, Acorda's answer to a text message was that he loves the country and the PNP.
25:23What he did was what a Filipino should do as a police officer.
25:28There is no direct connection between the former PNP chief and the retired PNP chief, Raul Villanueva, on September 17.
25:36There is an internal report saying that the former PNP chief was paid to escape the PNP,
25:41and that the PNP chief was paid to escape the PNP and that the PNP chief was in his payola.
25:47He was talked to by the PNP CIDJ officials yesterday.
25:51The former PNP chief was mentioned in the Senate hearing.
25:55I asked him about the information that he told the Senate.
26:00He told me again and again that this is just a hearsay, purely a gossip.
26:08That's his exact word.
26:11Despite Villanueva's clarification in the Senate hearing earlier,
26:15the PNP CIDJ is still looking for evidence to find out if he helped Go and who else.
26:23That's one point that should be clarified.
26:26That this is just a statement of one person and it will not be enough to stop our investigation.
26:33But Villanueva's first statement had a big effect on the image of the PNP.
26:38That's why he's now studying if he has a legal responsibility.
26:42If we see any violation of our law, we will file a case against him.
26:48For GMA Integrated News, Jun Veneracion, Katutok 24 Hours.
27:08.