Philippine immigration authorities arrest businessman Tony Yang, brother of Rodrigo Duterte’s economic adviser Michael Yang. He is being investigated for possible ties with illegal POGOs in the country.
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00:00Philippine immigration authorities arrest businessman Tony Yang, the elder brother
00:04of former President Rodrigo Duterte's economic advisor, Michael Yang.
00:09He was arrested carrying wads of cash worth 1.4 million pesos as he landed in Manila from
00:14Cagayan de Oro late Thursday night, September 19.
00:17The Philippine Anti-Organized Crime Commission had been investigating Tony Yang for possible
00:21ties with illegal Pogos in the country.
00:24Laguna representative Dan Fernandez claims Yang owns a building where a Pogo used to
00:28operate.
00:29He supposedly also owns a port in Cagayan de Oro, which might be involved in the drug
00:34trade.
00:35The middle sibling of the Yang brothers is Hong Zhang Yang, who has a joint bank account
00:39with one of the incorporators of Hongsheng Gaming Corporation.
00:43The Bamban Tarlac Pogo located in the compound owned by Baofu, which Alice Guo incorporated.
00:48Guo denies knowing any of the Yang brothers.