00:00A senator mentioned the possible connection between the illegal Pogos and the personalities that were involved in the formerly scandalous Farmally scandal,
00:09including the former presidential economic advisor of the previous administration.
00:14And Ma'am Gonzales was there.
00:20In the Senate hearing yesterday regarding the illegal Pogos,
00:23several times, the name of Michael Yang, the former presidential economic advisor, was mentioned in the formerly scandalous Farmally scandal.
00:32Yang is connected to a Gerald Cruz, according to Senator Risa Contiveros.
00:36Cruz is an incorporator of BrickHearts Technologies, a Pogo that used to operate in Cavite but now has its license canceled.
00:44Some documents of BrickHearts were found in the Pogo raid in Bambantarlac.
00:48Of the seven incorporators, four are from Davao.
00:53But what really interests me here is this man, Gerald T. Cruz.
01:00He is also connected to Farmally, along with Huang Tzu-Yen, who was involved in a large money laundering case in Taiwan,
01:11and along with Alan Lim.
01:14Alan Lim is Lin Wei-Song, who is also connected to the issue of Shabu in the country.
01:24Have these connections been noted by PAG-COR?
01:28This personality is involved in the Farmally issue and it has been noted by us.
01:38In the investigation conducted by the Senate on the overpriced COVID supplies bought by the government to Farmally,
01:43Cruz' name was revealed as the corporate secretary of Farmally Biological Company.
01:48Cruz is also the corporate secretary of the Philippine Fulwine Group of Companies, where Yang is the president.
01:54Contiveros said that it seems that Farmally Group is also behind the Pogos because the personalities are the same.
02:01While we are following this investigation against Pogos, the connection between Gerald Cruz and Michael Yang has been revealed.
02:11Let's see where the evidence will lead us if this time around, the dotted lines will be connected to Duterte.
02:19PAG-COR said that this name is on their radar, but...
02:23As of now, we cannot say any information about that connection with higher officials.
02:30Yang's name was revealed when Jessa Mendoza, a victim of identity theft, was placed as the director or incorporator of various companies,
02:39including Yang's Yancey River Group.
02:41My name, taxpayer identification number, and signature were used to incorporate no less than 193 corporations.
02:55Of the said number, more than half or around 102 have foreign-sounding names.
03:02I was not aware of the existence of any of these corporations.
03:07That's why Contiveros thinks that it's possible that Yang is a mastermind.
03:11It's possible because he played a big role in the Farmally scam.
03:18If the same Farmally group is also here in Pogo, it's possible that he also played a big role here.
03:26But Yang was careful in responding to Pogo.
03:29If there's any evidence against him, it should be released to the public.
03:33In addition, Yang's lawyer said that there's no direct evidence of Yang's connection with Pogo.
03:37Mr. Yang's name has never appeared in any of these corporations.
03:40You have to make a very clear connection about the illegal acts that a particular person is a part of,
03:50not simply because he is in the corporation.
03:54I think that's pretty unfair.
03:56In the camera, Yang was night in contempt yesterday
03:59because of the lack of information about the 3.6 billion peso drug bust in Mexico Pampanga in 2023,
04:05where the shabu was found in the Empire 999 warehouse,
04:08where Lincoln Ong, a well-known associate of Yang, is the incorporator.
04:12When we traced that there are corporations registered under the name of Mr. Michael Yang,
04:19we saw that there's a connection with the corporation registered under the name of Mr. Willie Ong.
04:26Now, if you remember, several years ago, there was a report from Colonel Acierto
04:34that he is involved in drug smuggling in Davao.
04:38Barbers ordered a 30-day detention for Yang in Bicutan Jail in Taguig City.
04:43But based on the government's record, Yang left Manila for Dubai on May 12.
04:48Yang was given a dispense for not traveling because he had an important business trip to Dubai.
04:52He didn't need his presence in the camera just to embarrass him.
04:56He has long been accused of being involved in illegal drugs
04:59and if there's evidence against him, it should be presented in court.
05:03He also violated the law in the right place to refuse accusations.
05:07He defended his name and authority in the right venue.
05:11In addition, everyone knows about his relationship with former President Rodrigo Duterte,
05:15whom he met when he was the mayor of Davao City.
05:18Duterte did not help him or his close friend in the business.
05:22He is also not involved in any illegal business.
05:25For GMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzalez, Katutok, 24 Hours.
05:31GMA Integrated News continues to pick up on the case of former President Rodrigo Duterte
05:38in the Senate hearing.
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