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Michael Yang skips Senate Blue Ribbon hearing, legal counsel cites health concerns

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - Former Presidential Economic Adviser Michael Yang skipped the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Monday, citing health concerns as the reason for his absence.</p><p>Yang&#x27;s doctor advised him not to attend the Senate investigation on how Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp bagged deals with the government, his legal counsel Raymond Fortun told lawmakers.</p><p>&quot;His blood pressure had suddenly shot up. He was advised by his doctor to just stay at home. Because of the proceedings, his health has been affected,&quot; the lawyer said.</p><p>Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon said Yang is still compelled to attend the hearing as he is cited in contempt and is staying comfortably at home.</p><p>&quot;That always occurs. When somebody is under investigation, they show their picture in a hospital bed and they cannot appear,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re not gonna give him a free pass. He is not under pressure there... He can bring his doctor if he wills,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/31/21/what-is-pharmally-pharmaceuticals-who-controls-it">What is Pharmally Pharmaceuticals? Who controls it?</a></li></ul><p>Gordon instructed Fortun to tell his client to attend the hybrid hearing.</p><p>&quot;I think he can face the music. We will expect him to appear in the course of the hearing,&quot; the senator said.</p><p>Last week, Yang denied that he was involved in Pharmally&#x27;s deals with the Department of Budget and Management&#x27;s Procurement Service, but the chief of the foreign corporation eventually admitted that they borrowed funds from President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s former adviser.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/10/21/pharmally-exec-admits-borrowing-money-from-michael-yang-for-ps-dbm-deal">Pharmally exec admits borrowing money from Michael Yang for PS-DBM deal</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/10/21/senate-orders-arrest-of-michael-yang-pharmally-exec">Senate orders arrest of Michael Yang, Pharmally exec for evading questions</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1387758" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Michael Yang skips Senate Blue Ribbon hearing, legal counsel cites health concerns

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Sep 13, 2021 11:15 AM PHT

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