00:00Cassandra Leong's camp requested a temporary restraining order against the committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives
00:07in the midst of their insistence to answer their questions, even if they can refuse.
00:14Joseph Moro was on the scene.
00:19In the Supreme Court, the grandfather of Cassandra Leong,
00:23one of those involved in the Pogo operation in Porac, Pampanga, is now alone in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
00:29His lawyers hijacked the petition for certiorari and requested a temporary restraining order in the court against
00:36three committees of the Senate and four committees of the House of Representatives or the Quad Committee.
00:40The young people are going too far in their insistence that Leong has the right against self-incrimination
00:46and the right to remain silent.
00:52What Ms. Cassandra Leong cannot do is to invoke her right to remain silent or right against self-incrimination.
01:03As you can see, she's shouting, she's being ridiculed, she's being intimidated, she's being threatened.
01:10There are very insulting words that are being said to her.
01:14According to Leong's lawyers, they did not intend to stop the investigations being conducted by the Senate and the House of Representatives
01:32and they will bring them to the hearings if necessary.
01:35Leong filed a money laundering complaint with former Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.
01:41According to Qualified Human Trafficking, Natupasyo has not seen the details of the complaint.
01:47According to the House Secretary General, Leong was returned to his room where he will be detained for 30 days.
01:53Yesterday, he was discharged from the hospital after experiencing low blood pressure in the middle of the hearing last Wednesday.
01:59However, Leong's lawyer said that he would prefer to be jailed than to be forced to answer to the Congress.
02:06He said it's better than a women's correctional because his mental health is deteriorating.
02:14According to Congressman Dan Fernandez, who is investigating Ong Sakamara,
02:18Ong will not use her right to remain silent even though she can invoke her right against self-incrimination,
02:24depending on the question.
02:25But how will this be done if she doesn't know what to ask him?
02:30Senator Rizon Tiveros said that they have not yet accepted the petition,
02:33but they are convinced that the Supreme Court will grant the power of the Senate to issue a subpoena and contempt.
02:41For GMA Integrated News, Joseph Morong.
02:44Nakatutok 24 Horas.
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