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Ex-cop Wally Sombero surrenders

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST IN: Retired policeman Wally Sombero surrenders to incoming PNP chief Oscar Albayalde at Camp Crame | via <a href="https://twitter.com/biancadava?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@biancadava</a> <a href="https://t.co/B3c0tBYpJW">pic.twitter.com/B3c0tBYpJW</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/983871748847185921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>MANILA - (<strong>2nd UPDATE</strong>) Retired policeman Wally Sombero on Wednesday surrendered at the national police headquarters in Camp Crame in connection with a P50-million bribery scandal involving the illegal Chinese workers of Macau-based gambling tycoon Jack Lam.</p><p>Sombero is facing an arrest warrant for <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/10/18/sandigan-orders-ex-immigration-officials-accused-of-plunder-detained"><strong>plunder</strong></a>, along with former Immigration Commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles.</p><p>Argosino and Robles in November 2016 allegedly accepted P50 million from Lam in exchange for the release of some 1,300 illegal workers arrested in his casino in Pampanga.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/31/17/cctv-shows-bribe-transfer-between-lam-aide-bi-men">CCTV shows &#x27;bribe&#x27; transfer between Lam aide, BI men</a></li></ul><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/23/18/ex-bi-men-sued-for-plunder-graft-over-p50-m-extortion-try">Ex-BI men sued for plunder, graft over P50-M extortion try</a></li></ul><p>Sombero, then-president of Asian Gaming Service Providers Association Inc. (AGSPA), allegedly facilitated the exchange of bribe money at the City of Dreams Hotel and Casino in Parañaque City.</p><p>He had admitted to deducting P2 million from Lam&#x27;s payout to serve as processing fee for the release papers of the arrested Chinese nationals.</p><p>Sombero, a former operative of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), turned himself in to incoming police chief Director Oscar Albayalde.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Albayalde says Sombero went to Camp Crame to submit himself to the Sandiganbayan through the PNP. | via <a href="https://twitter.com/biancadava?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@biancadava</a> <a href="https://t.co/8jZcgk7UOx">pic.twitter.com/8jZcgk7UOx</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/983873424811474945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>&quot;We have to abide and follow the rule of law. May warrant of arrest ako. Dati akong pulis. Dati akong nagse-serve ng warrant. Alam ko ang hirap nung fugitive,&quot; Sombero said in a phone interview with ABS-CBN News.</p><p>&quot;Gusto ko lang naman maka-surrender ako ng maayos kasi siyempre galing ako sa CIDG-PNP. Para mapatunayan na wala akong kasalanan dito. Haharapin ko ito. Maraming hindi nakakaalam ng pangyayari,&quot; he added.</p><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Ayon sa abogado ni Sombero na si Atty. Jesi Lanete, naghain sila ng urgent ex-parte motion sa Sandiganbayan para sa PNP Custodial Center maditine ang kaniyang kliyente. | via <a href="https://twitter.com/joycebalancio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@joycebalancio</a> <a href="https://t.co/cDTi2YzFOu">pic.twitter.com/cDTi2YzFOu</a></p>— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/983898178243178496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Sombero has filed an urgent motion requesting detention in Crame&#x27;s custodial center, and not in Camp Bagong Diwa, for security and health reasons, his lawyer Jessie Lanete said.</p><p>“He was, I believe at some point in time, he was the head of different anti-crime task forces, some of them ranging from illegal drugs and some of them also involved smuggling, kidnapping. And so because of that, there’s a real threat to his life,” Lanete told reporters.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">On threats to his life, Sombero says &quot;he thinks he is safe&quot; with the CIDG and incoming PNP chief Oscar Albayalde. | via <a href="https://twitter.com/biancadava?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@biancadava</a> <a href="https://t.co/NiIi4dhw7G">pic.twitter.com/NiIi4dhw7G</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/983876561823649792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Sombero has not received any recent communication from Lam, who himself is facing arrest for bribery, graft, and violation of Presidential Decree 46, Lanete said.</p><p>Sombero last year <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/22/16/sombero-turns-over-p2-m-from-alleged-jack-lam-bribe"><strong>turned over</strong></a> to the Office of the Ombudsman the P2 million that he admitted deducting from Lam&#x27;s bribe money.</p><p>Argosino and Robles were detained Wednesday at the Camp Bagong Diwa. An arrest warrant for the non-bailable charge of plunder was issued against them on Tuesday just as they posted bail for other offenses.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/10/18/sandigan-orders-ex-immigration-officials-accused-of-plunder-detained">Sandigan orders ex-immigration officials accused of plunder detained</a></li></ul><div><strong>-- With reports from Maan Macapagal, Bianca Dava and Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News </strong></div>

<p>(2nd UPDATE) Retired policeman Wally Sombero on Wednesday surrendered at the national police headquarters in Camp Crame in connection with a P50-million bribery scandal involving the illegal Chinese workers of Macau-based gambling tycoon Jack Lam.</p>

(2nd UPDATE) Retired policeman Wally Sombero on Wednesday surrendered at the national police headquarters in Camp Crame in connection with a P50-million bribery scandal involving the illegal Chinese workers of Macau-based gambling tycoon Jack Lam.