Intelligence gathered by the anti-drug agency links an executive of the Duterte administration’s pandemic contractor Pharmally to the illegal drug trade.
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00:00Intelligence, gathered by the Anti-Drug Agency, links an executive of the Duterte administration's
00:06pandemic contractor, Pharmalee, to the illegal drug trade.
00:10FIDEA chief Virgilio Lazo tells the House Quad Committee Thursday, November 7, a reliable
00:14informant had tagged Lin Weishong as a drug personality.
00:17Along with other Pharmalee executives, Lin Weishong faces graft charges over billions
00:22worth of alleged anomalous government transactions during the pandemic.
00:26Lazo says Lin Weishong is the same person as Alan Lin or Alan Lim, whom whistleblower
00:30Eduardo Acierto tagged in an earlier report on drug personalities.
00:34Acierto also implicated Michael Yang, one-time economic advisor to then-President Rodrigo
00:39Duterte.
00:40Yang was the alleged financier of Pharmalee, while Lin Weishong was its financial manager.
00:45Alan Lin's wife, businesswoman Rose Nono Lin, denies her husband and Lin Weishong are
00:49the same person.
00:51But the House panel notes she may not be aware of all of her husband's activities.