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00:00The Court of Appeals has now freezed the arrears of suspended Bambang Tarlac Mayor Alice Wu and other people who are being organized in Pogo.
00:07The possible connection in Pogo was revealed during the hearing of the Senate by the former Presidential Economic Advisor Michael Yang
00:14and other people who were involved in the formal issue of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:18We have first news, Rafi Tima.
00:21Good noon everyone. I am Jessa Wai Mendoza, a lieutenant of the Philippine Navy.
00:27A soldier was confronted during the hearing of the Senate by the former President of Pogo.
00:31What is the connection between them and Lieutenant Jessa Mendoza?
00:34It is revealed that Mendoza was listed as an incorporator in almost 200 companies.
00:39But Mendoza herself said that this is not true.
00:42My name, taxpayer identification number, and signature were used to incorporate
00:50no less than 193 corporations.
00:55Of the said number, more than half, or around 102, have foreign-sounding names.
01:03I was not aware of the existence of any of these corporations.
01:08She believes that her teen ID was compromised when her cousin borrowed it in 2016
01:13for the purpose of establishing a travel agency that did not open.
01:17My name was used initially in the year 2017 ma'am.
01:21So the year after you borrowed your ID?
01:25Yes your honor.
01:26Until she started receiving letters of attorney for a year.
01:31Mendoza is crying. She is afraid of the effects of the upcoming identity theft.
01:36I'm of course concerned that the possible criminal record, that my situation will expose me
01:43to might hinder my pursuit to serve the nation and negatively affect my career progression.
01:50I'm really sorry.
01:53Mendoza is a supporter of the Philippine Navy and her efforts to clean up her name.
01:58Senator Riza Ontiveros accused Mendoza of being listed as an incorporator in the Yangtze River Group.
02:04The owner of the group is Michael Yang,
02:06the presidential economic advisor of the previous administration
02:09who was affected by the overpriced COVID supplies bought by the government in the form of the COVID pandemic.
02:15Did you meet Lieutenant Jessa Michael Yang anytime?
02:19No your honor. I don't know him.
02:22We don't have any engagement or transactions with Michael Yang your honor.
02:29Yang also raised the connection with Gerard Cruz,
02:32an incorporator of BrickHearts Technologies that has a cancelled POGO license in Cavite.
02:37Some documents of BrickHearts were found where POGO was raided in Bambantarlac.
02:41Cruz's name was released in the Senate investigation in Farmalee.
02:45He is the corporate secretary of Farmalee Biological Company
02:49and the Philippine Fulwin Group of Companies where the president is Yang.
02:53Ontiveros said that Farmalee Group is also behind POGO because the personalities are the same.
03:00Now the connection between Gerard Cruz and Michael Yang has been exposed.
03:05Let's see where the evidence will lead us if this time around,
03:09the dotted lines will be connected to Duterte.
03:13According to PAG-COR, this name is on their radar but...
03:17For now, we cannot say anything about that connection with higher officials.
03:24Ontiveros thinks that Yang is a possible mastermind.
03:27He played a big role in the Farmalee scam.
03:33If Farmalee Group is also involved in POGO, it's possible that he also played a big role in this.
03:41Yang denies that he was involved in POGO.
03:43If he has evidence against him, it should be released in court.
03:47You have to make a very clear connection about the illegal acts that a particular person is a part of,
03:57not simply because he is in the corporation.
04:01In the case of suspended member Mayor Alice Goh,
04:04who did not show up and did not attend the Senate hearings,
04:07the Anti-Money Laundering Council or AMLOC announced
04:10that the property of the mayor has been freezed by the Court of Appeals.
04:13Even Ziyang Luang and Baoyang Lin,
04:16who are involved in human trafficking and fraudulent activities in POGO,
04:20has 70 bank accounts, real properties, and personal belongings such as luxury cars and helicopters.
04:27On July 8, AMLOC petitioned the Court of Appeals for a freeze order on the properties.
04:31This is the first news.
04:33Rafi Tima for GMA Integrated News.
04:56Thanks for watching.