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Paolo Duterte says up to friend Charlie Tan to answer drug raps

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MANILA - Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte admitted that a businessman tagged in the illegal drug trade is a friend, but refused to be dragged into his alleged dealings.The eldest son of President Rodrigo Duterte said it was up to Charlie Tan to answer the allegations against him.Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, a long-time critic of the President, showed a photo of Duterte and Tan during a hearing at the Senate Thursday on the P6.4-billion drug shipment from China.&quot;Kaibigan ko po... May business sa Palawan, &#x27;yung mga seafood, meron din siyang babuyan, &#x27;yun ang mga negosyo niya. Minsan naman nag-iinuman kami, kainuman ko po,&quot; he said.(He is a friend... He has a business in Palawan. He farms prawns and has a piggery. Sometimes, we drink.)During a previous Senate hearing, self-confessed hitman <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/06/17/paolo-duterte-blocked-entrapment-of-drug-suspect-lascaas">Arturo Lascañas </a>accused Tan of involvement in the drug trade.The Vice Mayor had previously said Tan was his friend but that the accusations against him and his brother-in-law, Manases Carpio, were part of <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/06/17/paolo-duterte-speaks-up-on-latest-lascaas-testimony">a ploy to bring down his father</a>.

Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte admitted that a businessman tagged in the illegal drug trade is a friend, but refused to be dragged into his alleged dealings.

Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte admitted that a businessman tagged in the illegal drug trade is a friend, but refused to be dragged into his alleged dealings.