00:00Actress Maricel Soriano faced charges in the Senate.
00:04Her investigation led to the spread of a document that was previously denied by PDEA.
00:09The actress said that she had no knowledge of the legalization of the document.
00:12At the same time, all witnesses said that they were not able to verify the information.
00:17Chino Gaston was charged.
00:21Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and our country the truth in this investigation?
00:28Thank you very much, ma'am. Please take care of yourself.
00:30The actress Maricel Soriano faced the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs.
00:36After her name and that of President Bongbong Marcos were denied,
00:39confidential PDEA documents were released on social media.
00:44You know, this is the first time that I received an invitation to face the Senate.
00:50It's scary. It's frightening.
00:53To be honest, it's not clear to me why I was invited to the meeting.
00:58I'm just wondering because all the witnesses here said that they were not able to verify the information of Mr. Morales.
01:07The committee called Soriano to clarify the allegations of the former PDEA agent, Jonathan Morales,
01:14who signed the document and took the information from an informant in 2012.
01:20The former PDEA agent denied that there is such a document.
01:23Upon hearing, the actress was asked if she owns the condominium unit mentioned in the Umanoy Pre-Operation Report of 2012.
01:31Ma'am, do you think there is a truth in the viral documents that are related to your name?
01:43What do you think?
01:45First of all, I don't know about the documents.
01:49I only found out when it arrived to me because I don't read such documents.
01:55I don't know anything about it.
01:58Do you have a property in Rockville? Are you the owner of that property?
02:03Yes. Until 2012, I sold that property. I don't have it anymore.
02:11Aside from this, Soriano was also asked about the allegations against him by the former PDEA agent.
02:17Two former household workers who lodged a complaint of serious physical injury against Maricel Soriano
02:25stated that they decided to flee from the actress' condominium unit also because of her alleged cocaine use.
02:34What can you say about this news?
02:36It's not true.
02:38It's not true?
02:39It's not true.
02:40Is it true that you have two former household workers who fled?
02:47Yes, because they were robbed.
02:49They were robbed?
02:52Yes.
02:54Is it true that you beat them up?
02:56How can I beat them up?
02:59Okay.
03:00Morales was the one who was fired by Senator Gingoy Estrada.
03:05You beat up the President.
03:07The PDEA said that he was never included in the drug list.
03:13You included other personalities, famous artists.
03:18We asked the PDEA, they were never included in the drug list.
03:23I just bought a salisay.
03:25The confidential informant was the one who declined.
03:29Some senators are still doubting its credibility.
03:33The document did not come from him.
03:35It came from an informant that he did not want to name.
03:38So how can that be?
03:41It's not first-hand information.
03:43But Dela Rosa believes that there is a real document.
03:48Morales' confession that he was the owner of a condo that was targeted by PDEA operations added to his credibility.
03:57That adds credence to the claim of Morales that he was the one who did it.
04:05Because Maricel admitted it.
04:07Maricel was the subject there.
04:09And also politician Bongbong Marcos.
04:13Both of them were the subject there.
04:15The address, the unit, the same unit.
04:18And Maricel admitted that it was his unit.
04:21So that gives credence to the pre-ops that Morales did.
04:25It is a mortal sin to decline your confidential informant
04:30because you will lose your credibility to your confidential informant.
04:35So I know, this is just my doubt, this is my opinion.
04:39He was just hiding the name.
04:42He did not want to say it because he felt sorry for the informant.
04:46President Marcos was the first to admit that his name is related to the PDEA documents.
04:54Senator De La Rosa clarified that there is no political connection
04:57and that the problem is just illegal drugs and the risk of confidential documents being released
05:02is the real reason behind the hearing of his committee.
05:06For GMA Integrated News, Chinu Gaston, 24 Hours.
05:23For GMA Integrated News, Chinu Gaston, 24 Hours.
Comments