Former President Rodrigo Duterte is one the key people who allegedly benefited from the illegal activities of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country.
At the Senate investigation on the POGO issue on Tuesday, Nov. 26, Senator Risa Hontiveros showed a web map of the people allegedly involved and benefited from the online gaming operations, including Rodrigo Duterte.
At the top of the web map that Hontiveros showed, Duterte’s mugshot is topmost, and directly under him is his former economic adviser Michael Yang.
Under Yang is Lin Weixiong, a supposed conspirator of the former economic adviser at Puili Holdings Corporation.
Also on the top part of the web map is one Ma Dong Li, an alleged member of the Communist Party of China, a handler connected to the self-confessed Chinese spy that recruited a certain She Zhijlang, who is connected to former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo – the subject of Tuesday’s Senate probe on illegal POGOs.
On a television interview after the hearing, Senator Hontiveros left a message to Guo, a no-show at the probe, “I leave your fate Ms. Guo up to the courts, and I look forward to the day you face justice.”
Hontiveros added, “POGO is a monster responsible for human trafficking, money laundering, torture, and espionage in the country.” (PIA DMD)
