Alleged Hongsheng POGO incorporator Merlie Joy Castro surrenders to the National Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday, October 9.
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00:00Alleged Hongsheng Pogo Incorporator Merly Joy Castro surrenders to the National Bureau
00:06of Investigation on Tuesday, October 9.
00:08I'm afraid for the safety of my children, I left them at home alone.
00:14She and 15 others are charged with qualified human trafficking over illegal pogo operations
00:19in Bamban.
00:21Castro first appeared before the Senate on June 26, claiming she is a vendor-turned-BPO
00:26worker from Concepcion, Tarlac, who knows nothing about pogos.
00:31That same hearing, a Bureau of Internal Revenue representative said the tax identification
00:35number used for Castro's Hongsheng Incorporation doesn't exist.
00:40But the Justice Department still charged Castro and three others, claiming it has evidence
00:44they received payments in exchange for Hongsheng to use their names.
00:48The evidence, however, is not included in the DOJ indictment, nor in the Pasig Court
00:53Resolution ordering their arrest.