Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo (Guo Hua Ping) and Lucky South 99 authorized representative Cassandra Li Ong briefly became interpreters during a joint hearing of the House Quad Committee on Friday, September 27. Tony Yang (Yang Jianxin), the brother of former presidential economic advisor Michael Yang during the Duterte administration, appeared at the House of Representatives on September 27 as lawmakers probe Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) and the illegal drug trade. Tony is believed to own the Philippine Sanjia Steel Corporation in Cagayan de Oro, which reportedly has the same layout as the POGO hubs raided in Bamban and Porac, Pampanga.
Opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros also said he supposedly had direct transactions with Guo’s Baofu Land Development Inc., the company that leased the property in Bamban to POGOs.
During the September 27 hearing, Tony was asked by Rep. Benny Abante Jr. (Manila, Sixth District) about his businesses and why the former decided to establish himself in the Philippines instead of China.
Abante then asked Guo to help translate the question into Chinese so Tony could understand it. Carol Batay , the former “Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up” housemate who served as a Chinese interpreter in the Senate hearing, was also the official interpreter of the House mega-panel’s probe. However, her contract lapsed as the House hearing reached beyond 12 midnight.
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