Chinese national Zhao Shouqi, one of the heads of an illegal POGO hub discovered in Cebu, confirms he tried to offer P1 million to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, but denies it was a bribery attempt.
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00:00Chinese national Zhao Su Qi, one of the heads of an illegal pogo hub discovered in Cebu,
00:05confirms he tried to offer P1 million to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission
00:10but denies it was a bribery attempt.
00:13Zhao says Tuesday, September 24, his million-peso offer was meant to facilitate a separate agreement
00:18for his wife and young granddaughter after the Lapu-Lapu pogo raid.
00:22Authorities apprehended Zhao and more than 160 foreigners on August 31 at the Tourist
00:27Garden Hotel in Lapu-Lapu City.
00:30Zhao confirms during the hearing Tuesday, the P1 million came from his son Zhao Long.
00:35Long is identified as one of the chief operators of the Lucky South 99 pogo hub in Porak, Pampanga.
00:41PAOK spokesperson Winston Casio says Zhao attempted to bribe them three times.
00:46Zhao insists he was merely transferring the money to government personnel for, quote,
00:50safekeeping.