‘ASSETS OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY?’
Businessman Tony Yang, the eldest brother of former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang, was questioned again at the Senate, this time for his alleged links to underground foreign influence operations.
“Are you and your brothers assets of the Chinese Communist Party?” asked Senator Risa Hontiveros during a hearing on Tuesday.
“I do not know if they are members of this group,” answered Yang through an interpreter.
Businessman Tony Yang, the eldest brother of former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang, was questioned again at the Senate, this time for his alleged links to underground foreign influence operations.
“Are you and your brothers assets of the Chinese Communist Party?” asked Senator Risa Hontiveros during a hearing on Tuesday.
“I do not know if they are members of this group,” answered Yang through an interpreter.
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00:00So my first question is, Mr. Yang, do you know Xie Zijiang?
00:06I want to show you this paper from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
00:14According to the OCCRP paper, another brother, meaning a Yang brother, shares the title of Honorary President of the Philippine-Chinese Youth Chamber of Commerce with Xie Lungkai, another belt and road entrepreneur handling huge sums of plant investments in Southeast Asia.
00:39According to the OCCRP paper, this is a brother of Michael Yang, so it's either you or Hongjiang Yang.
00:48And this Xie Lungkai is an alias of Xie Zijiang.
00:55So that's all for now, Ms. Carolyn.
00:57If Mr. Yang knows this Xie Zijiang.
01:02May I ask, Mr. Yang, do you know this Xie Zijiang?
01:09I don't know him.
01:14You don't know Xie Zijiang. Do you know Xie Lungkai?
01:18Do you know Xie Lungkai?
01:20I don't know him.
01:25Is it you or Hongjiang Yang, the Honorary President of the Philippine-Chinese Youth Chamber of Commerce?
01:34Is it you or Hongjiang Yang, the Honorary President of the Philippine-Chinese Youth Chamber of Commerce?
01:44Is it you or Hongjiang Yang, the Honorary President of the Philippine-Chinese Youth Chamber of Commerce?
01:54No, it's not. I'm not the Honorary President of the Youth Chamber of Commerce.
02:05So it's Hongjiang Yang who is the Honorary President of the Philippine-Chinese Youth Chamber of Commerce.
02:11Do you know if Mr. Hongjiang Yang is the Honorary President of the Philippine-Chinese Youth Chamber of Commerce?
02:18I don't know if he is the Honorary President of the Philippine-Chinese Youth Chamber of Commerce.
02:24I do not know if he is the Honorary President of this Youth Chamber of Commerce.
02:30You do not know. So if you don't know, it's possible that he is the Honorary President joint with Xie Zijiang or Xie Lungkai.
02:40It is also stated in this report that in 2017, your brothers Hongming and Hongjiang Yang attended a Chinese Communist Party-sponsored conference in Beijing for overseas nationals.
02:53As Philippine representatives of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.
03:00It is also stated in this report that in 2017, you attended a Chinese Communist Party-sponsored conference in Beijing for overseas nationals.
03:12Can you prove this to be true or false?
03:22I never attended any of those kinds of conferences.
03:32Not you, sir. Your brothers Hongjiang and Hongming Yang attended, according to this report.
03:45I am not aware of this with my brothers because I don't have any interaction with them.
04:15Mr. Yang, I want to show you this other document. This is from the 10th National Congress of Returned Overseas Chinese.
04:36This is under the auspices of the Communist Party of China and there are names here, Yang Hongjiang and Yang Hongming.
04:46So are you and your brothers assets of the Chinese Communist Party?
04:53I don't know if they are members of this group.
05:23This was the 10th National Congress of Returned Overseas Chinese.
05:30This 10th National Congress was organized by the Communist Party of China.
05:35Yang Hongjiang and Yang Hongming, your two brothers, were delegates to this Congress.
05:44This shows that your two brothers, Yang Hongjiang and Yang Hongming, were delegates to this Congress.
05:54What do you say about this?
05:56I am not aware of this.
06:00You are not aware. Alright, I am informing you of this.
06:04This is a document of the Congress itself organized by the Chinese Communist Party itself.
06:10And lastly for today, Mr. Yang, do you know Ma Dongli?
06:14I don't know him.
06:22You don't know Ma Dongli.
06:25So I will leave this for now.
06:28But I know that a revelation about the Yangs, the Yang brothers, is forthcoming when government reaches Zhejiang.
06:39Lastly, Ms. Carolyn, please tell him first.
06:44I just want to inform you that if we make any progress on this investigation, we will invite these two.
06:54Okay.
06:56Just a follow-up question, Mr. Yang.
06:58Are you a member of any Chinese organization here or overseas?
07:05Are you a member of any Chinese organization here or overseas?
07:20I am a member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
07:30So I am a member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Kagayante Oro City.
07:38Alright.
07:40Is that all?
07:41Is that all?
07:42Is that all?
07:43Is that all?
07:44Is there anything else?
07:46Is there anything else?
07:51It's only this one.
07:52It's only this one.