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Alleged POGO godfather Lin Xuhan alias Lyu Dong will be invited to the next and last Senate hearing on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said Friday.

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Victoria Tulad

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<div><span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA — Alleged POGO godfather Lin Xuhan alias Lyu Dong will be invited to the next and last Senate hearing on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said Friday. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lin was arrested on October 10. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">His name has actually already been brought up in a past hearing of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, noted Hontiveros, the panel’s chairperson. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Naalala ng legis staff ko na siya o ‘yung isa sa mga alias niya ay nabanggit sa isa sa mga naunang hearing. So hindi po talagang bagong karakter ito sa larangan ng POGO sa Pilipinas. At ngayong naaresto na siya ng mga otoridad, ‘yun na nga mas mabubuo natin ang kwento niya at ang kuwento ng POGO,” Hontiveros said in an interview. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/15/more-than-100-smaller-illegal-pogo-units-operating-in-ph-paocc-1406">More than 100 smaller illegal POGO units operating in PH: PAOCC</a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She added that his testimony might prove useful in the investigation on dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Mayroong iba na ring nagbubuo ng teorya na may link din itong si Lyu Dong at saka si Guo Hua Ping,” Hontiveros said.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Guo Hua Ping is the alleged Chinese name of Guo.</span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“At ‘yung iba pang mga big bosses hindi pa nga naaaresto tulad nina Duanren Wu ng Porac POGO hub, si Zhang Jie, at si Huang Zhiyang na sinabi na ni Guo Hua Ping at lumabas sa aming imbestigasyon ay kasosyo niya sa Bamban POGO hub. Itong lahat ng mga ito ay kailangan namin ma-establish,” Hontiveros said.  </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hontiveros said she believed there is a bigger POGO boss who has yet to be arrested. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/10/17/5-000-posibleng-mawalan-ng-trabaho-sa-pagsasara-ng-pogo-hub-sa-cavite-1938">5,000 posibleng mawalan ng trabaho sa pagsasara ng POGO hub sa Cavite</a></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>SHE ZHIJIANG </strong></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As for the self-confessed Chinese spy named She Zhijiang, Hontiveros said they still did not know which prison facility he was transferred to and still do not have contact with him. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In a previous interview with Al Jazeera, She said Guo is a fellow spy. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hontiveros said there was no update yet from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on its efforts to reach She.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/10/15/17-chinese-arestado-sa-pogo-raid-sa-tagaytay-resort-721">17 Chinese arestado sa POGO raid sa Tagaytay resort</a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With the Senate investigation on POGOs about to close, Hontiveros said it was up to the government to follow up the leads they established. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Kung wala man tayong makuha kay She by the time of our next and last hearing, at least in a way, nag-hand over na kami sa executive at sa ating intelligence agencies na alamin itong mga seryosong, posibleng implikasyon ng mga revelations so far ni She doon sa kanyang Al Jazeera interview at doon din sa Zoom interview na nagawa ng opisina ko kay Wang Fugui, yung naging dating kabilanggo niya at may hawak sa ilan sa mga importanteng files ni She,” Hontiveros said.  </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/13/mas-mataas-pang-boss-sa-pogo-sa-pilipinas-tinutugis-1734">Mas mataas pang boss sa POGO sa Pilipinas tinutugis</a></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Alleged POGO godfather Lin Xuhan alias Lyu Dong will be invited to the next and last Senate hearing on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said Friday.</p>

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POGO ‘godfather’ to be invited to last Senate hearing

Victoria Tulad,

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Published October 18, 2024 01:46 PM PHT

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