Former PNP chief Benjamin Acorda is thrust into the limelight at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, September 24. Photos of Acorda with Chinese businessman Tony Yang are shown during the hearing on illegal POGOs.
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00:00Former Philippine National Police Chief Benjamin Acorda is thrust into the limelight at a Senate
00:05hearing on Tuesday, September 24.
00:08Photos of Acorda with Chinese businessman Tony Yang are shown during the Senate hearing
00:12on illegal Pogos.
00:13Tony Yang, whose real name is Jianxing Yang, is the eldest brother of former Duterte presidential
00:18advisor Michael Yang.
00:19He was arrested last week.
00:21When Senator Risa Ontiveros flashes group photos of Yang with Acorda, Yang confirms
00:25he knows the retired police general.
00:28Acorda used to be regional police chief of northern Mindanao, which covers Cagayan de
00:32Oro City, where most of Yang's businesses are located.
00:35Ontiveros says there's a warrant of arrest out for Yang in China for fraud, but the businessman
00:39says he was not aware of this.