Saksi: (Part 1) Sinalakay na resort; Detention room para kay Mayor Guo; Shabu sa espasol?

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00:00The National Bureau of Investigation is now investigating the information that Pogo may be illegal inside the resort in Puerto Galera.

00:22Some groups signed an open letter to President Bongbong Marcos to cancel the Pogo's license that the customers are from Mainland China.

00:32Witness Tina Panganiban Perez.

00:37On Saturday night, the NBI Mimaropa announced the target resort in Barangay Sinandigan, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro.

00:45Slot machines, Madjong and Bacarat tables, goods and chips were seized.

00:52No one was injured, but 40 people were injured.

00:56Laptops and SIM cards were also found.

00:59It was surprising. It was like a tip-off operation because there were no injured people, only the owner.

01:05It was surprising that there were no people in the poolside, bar.

01:09Usually, that's how it is.

01:11According to the NBI Mimaropa, the resort is exclusive to foreigners counted by the Chinese.

01:19It was opened in 2019 and owned by a foreigner who refused to give an explanation.

01:25I don't have any comment.

01:31I don't have his name on the passport.

01:32He is a Chinese visitor, but when we asked for his passport, he said he's an American national.

01:40According to the NBI, they are still investigating the information that it's possible that there are illegal Pogos inside the resort.

01:48The mayor of Puerto Galera also insisted that there are no Pogos in the area.

01:52The resort also has a business and mayor's permit.

01:56But the gambling materials were seized. There are no valid papers.

02:01We don't allow that kind of illegal activities.

02:05Then I asked what was seized.

02:07They said it's mahjong table.

02:09I said, you know, the resort has ping pong, table tennis, mahjong, as part of the recreation of the guests.

02:18The mayor also denied or asserted that there are no Pogos inside the resort.

02:27The issue of Pogos is heated now because of the repeated crimes that happened inside the resort.

02:35Under the Chinese law, any kind of gambling is prohibited to Chinese citizens, including online and overseas gambling.

02:43The Chinese embassy itself filed an appeal in the Philippines to ban Pogos.

02:49That's one of the reasons why an open letter was sent to President Bongbong Marcos

02:55to cancel the PagCorp's license of Pogos to customers from mainland China.

03:01PagCorp's regulations also prohibit giving licenses to Pogos that are accessible in places where online gaming is prohibited.

03:10Somebody is making a lot of money, but we've got to stop it.

03:15We fooled ourselves.

03:17And if you are the president, this is the moment, this is the specific circumstance that the president should step in.

03:25Because the people below, PagCorp is under the office of the president.

03:29He has to stop it.

03:31The GMA Integrated News is also trying to get the attention of Malacanang about this.

03:35In the hearing of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means,

03:38the government agencies expressed their support for the banning of Pogos,

03:44which is considered a very serious national concern of the National Security Council.

03:49According to the Department of Finance, more than Php 180 billion was lost in the country in one year

03:56due to the negative image of Pogos.

03:58It's bigger than its benefit, which will only reach Php 167 billion.

04:04We have, for instance, foregone investment due to crime.

04:09We also have foregone revenues from tourism,

04:13basically because of that negative picture of having Pogo activities in the Philippines may, in fact, affect the tourism industry.

04:30If we continue the operation of Pogos, there will be a blacklist.

04:36China would blacklist the Philippines as a tourist destination.

04:41And so we estimate that we could lose around Php 144 billion from this, or 0.8% of GDP in real terms.

04:51PagCorp is in favor of regulating online gambling,

04:54but they do not support the so-called online gambling ban.

04:59If this law that is being proposed will be passed,

05:05and in these difficult times that everyone is facing today,

05:12I believe Php 40 billion is a big amount if we will forego of that set amount.

05:21For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban-Perez is your witness.

05:28The NBI is also helping in finding the suspended mayor, Alice Guo, who was arrested by the Senate.

05:35The Senate showed Guo's detention facility that has an aircon and its own bathroom.

05:41Witness, JP Soriano.

05:43The aircon has three single double deck beds, a water dispenser, and its own bathroom.

05:52This will be the detention room of suspended mayor, Alice Guo,

05:57when she was arrested or suspended by the Senate.

06:00The Office of Surgeon-at-Arms also said that this is not a prison.

06:05It has an aircon. Others don't have an aircon. They are comfortable.

06:09It only has an electric fan.

06:12It has a toilet and a bath. It has water.

06:17I think it depends on your standard.

06:23If it's a hotel type, it's not a hotel type.

06:27Even if it's not a hotel, this detention facility is beautiful.

06:30It was promised that it will be comfortable for Guo when she will be transferred here.

06:34But she is not allowed to use any type of gadget like a cell phone.

06:38If she will use a cell phone, it must be supervised and a cell phone from the Senate.

06:44Visits are prohibited except for immediate family and lawyer.

06:48There is a visiting hours team.

06:50Senate President Cheese Escudero said that if Guo comes to the Senate,

06:55she can request to be released.

06:58Guo was arrested by the Senate and seven others

07:00due to her non-attendance to the illegal arrests of Guo.

07:04The NBI is already helping in the search for Guo.

07:09For now, the Senate has no feelings for Guo's camp if the mayor gives up.

07:15Where is Mayor Guo?

07:17Her lawyer said.

07:19I talked to her over the phone yesterday.

07:23She said that she is only here in the Philippines.

07:26She assured me.

07:27Her lawyers are trying to convince Guo to show her mental anxiety to the Senate.

07:34Because of her trauma, her emotional problems, her physical condition.

07:42Because of the Senate hearings, she was exposed to bullying and bashing.

07:49She did this because of a lie.

07:52She did this because of a lie.

07:55She did this to hide her identity.

07:59She ran to the public office knowing that she is not Filipino.

08:04She should be prepared for this kind of backlash.

08:07The Supreme Court gave the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality 10 days

08:14to comment on the petition for certiorari of Guo.

08:17Guo asked the committee to stop inviting her as a resource person.

08:24For GMA Integrated News, I am JP Soriano, your witness.

08:34This man is hiding under a tree that was captured by CCTV in Barangay Greater Lagro in Quezon City.

08:41He has a sling bag and it looks like he is reading the metro in a house.

08:44Later on, he walked away.

08:47The man is a cable operator in the area.

08:50We were able to capture him and we were able to monitor his movements in the CCTV.

08:56So we were able to capture him.

08:59He used to be an employee of a subcontractor in Miralco.

09:02He was reading the metro so he is familiar with the area.

09:05The thieves took the cables and the flyers from the suspect.

09:09He also took some of the IDs of the subcontractors.

09:12He also took a sling bag.

09:14The suspect admitted to the theft.

09:17He needs it for his daily expenses, for food.

09:21The barangay will turn over the suspect to the police.

09:24According to Miralco, they will file a case against the suspect,

09:27especially if the owner of Miralco was proven to have stolen the cables.

09:31If those are our cables, it is a violation of the Anti-Electricity Pilferage Law.

09:36It includes the materials, the wires, our facilities.

09:43We will file a case against him, obviously.

09:46In addition to Miralco, it's easy to find out if the owner of Miralco is the real owner of the transaction.

09:51First of all, his uniform is neat.

09:54His uniform has a logo. It has an ID.

09:58You can see more or less the real ID on the bogus.

10:03Most of the time, there is a service vehicle that will do the job.

10:10And it's not the only one, except for the one that reads the metro.

10:19But the one that reads the metro, it's obvious that he won't get the wires.

10:22In the case of the suspect, he has a logo of Miralco on his uniform, but it's already taken off.

10:27You can report to Miralco if you have any doubts about the person of Miralco.

10:31For GMI Integrated News, Nico Jae, your witness.

10:36Before the witness, we have the evidence of the possession of a drug in the prison of Lukban, Quezon.

10:44The drug was hidden in an espasol.

10:47According to the Lukban Police, the suspect brought food and juice for his live-in.

10:52But when he inspected the espasol, he found the contents of the drug.

10:58The woman was given two sachets of the drug weighing 72 grams.

11:03The woman is still not allowed to take it.

11:08The authorities in Bulacan caught the victim who illegally sold the kidney.

11:13The suspect was arrested while looking for a nurse in NKTI who is the group's mastermind.

11:20The witness is John Consulta.

11:22I don't have a cellphone.

11:24All my cellphones are dead.

11:26In this house in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, the victims of organ trafficking were arrested.

11:32Four of them were injured.

11:35They were operated on the kidney.

11:37Are you the new operator?

11:39No.

11:40What's your name?

11:41***

11:42Are you the new operator?

11:43No, I'm not.

11:45Just relax, we're here to help you.

11:47Others were just operated on.

11:50Other victims were also recovered from the kidney transplant.

11:55They were placed in a hideout at the tip of an informant.

11:58The kidney was recovered.

12:00They were not paid.

12:02They were shown the place where the organs were recovered.

12:09When we established that there is a place where the victims are housed, we coordinated with the DSWD.

12:23They were recruited in a Facebook group.

12:26They conduct the extraction and transfer of their kidneys to various hospitals.

12:32Most of them are Filipino.

12:35Most?

12:37Yes.

12:39But we received information that there are also foreigners.

12:44They were there for three to four months.

12:46All procedures were included.

12:49For example, their cross-match to the recipient of the kidney.

12:54And their recovery after the operation.

12:58The 20-year-old kidney patient feels double pain.

13:03He was only paid Php 2,000.

13:05He was not paid.

13:07He was far from the admission he promised.

13:10How much did you promise?

13:12Php 200,000.

13:14They said it's okay if one kidney is lost.

13:18Three suspects were arrested.

13:20They also sold their kidneys because of the high demand.

13:24From the start until the operation...

13:26This was removed.

13:28We were convinced.

13:30I have a confession.

13:31I did this for my children.

13:34I will do everything for my two children.

13:37According to NBI-NCR, the group's modus...

13:40...is that they will accept family members of kidney recipients...

13:45...as kidney donors who have been with them for a long time...

13:50...so that they can enter the hospital and get a kidney transplant.

13:56Within a year, they were able to facilitate 20 kidney transplants.

14:01According to NBI, a head nurse of the National Kidney Transplant Institute or NKTI...

14:07...is the brainchild of the group.

14:09Because he's working at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute...

14:14...that's where all the transplants that are needed come from.

14:18That's where he gets his customers.

14:23NBI is now investigating another medical professional...

14:27...related to the Kidney for Sale scheme.

14:28So far, three doctors have been identified for the Kidney for Sale scheme.

14:34NKTI has signed an NBI-approved nurse.

14:40They are now conducting their own investigation.

14:43NKTI has added that they only accept legitimate transactions...

14:47...relating to organ donation and transplant.

14:51The Three Arrested and Head Nurse of NKTI...

14:53...are under the Human Trafficking Act...

14:58...and are still at large until now.

15:00If proven guilty, they may be sentenced to 20 years in prison...

15:03...and fined up to two million pesos.

15:06The law strictly prohibits the sale or purchase of kidneys...

15:10...or any other human organ.

15:12For GMA Integrated News, I'm your host, John Consulta.

15:23For GMA Integrated News on YouTube, and for Kapuso Abroad...

15:27...join us on GMA Pinoy TV and www.gmanews.tv.

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