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House hearing. Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, left, walks
with Pampanga Rep. Oscar Rodriquez, chairman of the committee on good government, before the start of the hearing on the alleged bribery by Chinese national Wang Bo, where Immigration Commissioner Siegfred Mison (bottom) testified on Tuesday. LINO SANTOS
House hits flip-flops, delays in Wang case By Maricel V. Cruz
LAWMAKERS on Tuesday questioned what they described as “flipflopping” and the “inordinate delay” in the deportation of suspected Chinese crime lord Wang Bo, who is wanted by the Chinese government for illegal gambling and money laundering. At a hearing conducted by the House committee on good government and public accountability, Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Iloilo Rep. Jerry Trenas, and Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., said the inordinate delay in deporting Wang strengthened the allegations that money changed hands for his release and even dragged Congress into the controversy when reports surfaced that the money taken from the Chinese fugitive went to bribes to ensure that lawmakers passed the Palace-drafted Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). “The flip-flopping [on the deportation] adds credence to the alleged bribery charges. It’s confusing, you want to deport him, and then you want to Next page
‘Let’s not shoot the messenger’ A MINORITY member of the House panel investigating allegations that money from a suspected Chinese crime lord went to bribing lawmakers urged his colleagues Tuesday not to shoot the messenger, after some in the committee suggested summoning reporters from The Standard who covered the story. At a hearing by the House committee on good government and public accountability, several lawmakers demanded that Standard reporter Christine F. Herrera, who broke the story, appear before them to shed light on the alleged bribery to win the swift passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). Next page
Anish Bhatt, the man of the hour
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