Hearing on scam hubs

The Manila Times

Senator Risa Hontiveros questioned NBI Director Melvin Matibag about POGO and scam hub operations in the Philippines during a Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights hearing.  Matibag discussed the NBI's monitoring of Grande Island and its ongoing investigation into alleged land-grabbing activities in Bataan, involving Chinese suspected to have obtained Filipino citizenship.  Video by Senate of the Philippines   Check out our Streaming Channel: https://streaming.manilatimes.net/   Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein

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00:00We remember no one or earlier

00:02that when the Pogo was released in Cambodia,

00:05it was really here to come.

00:06And then, when it was here,

00:08it was a binan and then

00:09it was the Congress

00:11of the Anti-Pogo Act.

00:14Again, from chatter

00:15and then the inputs of intel

00:17from the law enforcement

00:20and intelligence agencies,

00:21the other people were back.

00:24So, now they were back.

00:25They were back down.

00:26They were back down.

00:27Ang problema po, ma'am, dito,

00:30nung din-declare na illegal yung Pogo,

00:34nag-convert yung iba dito

00:35as Scam Hub.

00:36So, yun na po yung mga charges dito.

00:39It's now a combination na may nagpo Pogo

00:42tapos meron din Scam Hubs.

00:46So, yung mga love scam,

00:47nandiyan dyan din po.

00:50So, sa amin naman po.

00:52Tapos, ayun, you mentioned Grandi Island.

00:54We have been monitoring it.

00:55Meron po kaming team to monitor it.

00:57And we have noticed some activities

01:02that needs to be further investigated.

01:05So, meron po tayong mga nakatutok doon.

01:07We are strengthening our district office in Olonga po

01:10so that they can immediately respond

01:13dyan po sa area na yan

01:16because Grandi Island is strategic po yan.

01:20Yan na rin po.

01:22Kasama na rin po yung investigation namin

01:23na hindi pa putapos yun sa land grabbing issue

01:26doon po sa bataan

01:28na apparently suspected din po

01:31na yung mga Chinese personalities

01:34na dinideclare na owner

01:35ng mga properties

01:36doon sa Lucky Beach na tinatawag

01:38ay mga nag-avail din

01:40ng late registration

01:44to be Filipino citizens.

01:46Sa earlier part ng hindi rin yung

01:49balanga ba?

01:50Balanga ba taan?

01:51So,

01:53Bataan po yan.

01:53Ito po yung

01:56Ito po yung ginamit.

01:57Gagawin po.

01:58Senators din dapat.

01:59If you recall,

02:00yung reason po yung

02:01ang lawyer din yan

02:03si dating

02:05Secretary Harry Roque.

02:07Yung po yan.

02:08Ongoing investigation po namin yan, ma'am.

02:10O baka sa mga selected areas

02:14ng mga Pogo operators

02:17and Scam Hub operators,

02:19slowly kinoconcentrate nila

02:21yung mga parallel activities nila.

02:23So,

02:24kailangan talagang alagaan,

02:26protektahan yung iba't ibang areas natin.

02:40Go!

02:42You

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