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Cassandra Li Ong, representative of Lucky South 99 POGO, confers with her lawyer Ferdinand Topacio during the House of Representatives quad committee hearing, August 28, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Job Manahan

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17637801732501763780169655.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Cassandra Li Ong, representative of Lucky South 99 POGO, confers with her lawyer Ferdinand Topacio during the House of Representatives quad committee hearing, August 28, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News"/>Cassandra Li Ong, representative of Lucky South 99 POGO, confers with her lawyer Ferdinand Topacio during the House of Representatives quad committee hearing, August 28, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News </div>MANILA — Cassandra Li Ong went to Japan earlier this year shortly after being released from detention, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said Saturday.PAOCC spokesperson Winston Casio said Ong — supposedly the authorized representative of shuttered Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator hub Lucky South 99 in Porac, Pampanga — was last tracked by their team in Japan last January. “Yun ang last namin nakuha na Japan, after that we have no more idea where she went,” Casio said in a Saturday news briefing.“I am pretty certain it was the first quarter of this year kasi lumabas ang kanyang warrant basta March or May. First quarter ang last namin na-track (the warrant for her was issued March or May. We last tracked her during the first quarter),” he added.  <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/22/how-indonesian-authorities-busted-alice-guo-s-sister-alleged-cohort-1506">Indonesian authorities apprehended Ong</a>, Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and her supposed sister Sheila Guo in August 2024 for being &quot;suspicious foreigners&quot;.  The three were sent back to the Philippines to face alleged immigration violations, including illegal exit by bypassing official ports and airports.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/21/lucky-south-99-s-cassandra-ong-freed-during-congress-break-now-at-large-1538">Lucky South 99&#x27;s Cassandra Ong freed during Congress break, now at large</a></div>Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday told senators that Ong had been released in the transition between the 19th and 20th Congresses.Senate Finance Committee Chair Sherwin Gatchalian this Friday said Ong had been released when the 19th Congress ended.&quot;At that point, wala pang kaso (there was no case against her),&quot; said Gatchalian.Ong is now the subject of <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/15/court-orders-harry-roque-s-arrest-1608">an arrest warrant over a qualified human trafficking case </a>where former Duterte spokesman Harry Roque is a co-accused but Casio said there was no hold departure order against her when yet when she left.“We have to backtrack everything when it comes to her movement. Japan lang ang last na nalaman namin,” Casio said.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/10/human-trafficking-raps-filed-vs-cassandra-ong-others-over-illegal-pogo-1430">Human trafficking raps filed vs Cassandra Ong, others over illegal POGO </a></div>He said Ong is already the subject of an Interpol Red Notice, and that the PAOCC is already coordinating with other law enforcement agencies to find her and bring her back to the Philippines.Canceling Ong&#x27;s passport will be up to the Department of Foreign Affairs, he also said.

Cassandra Li Ong went to Japan earlier this year shortly after being released from detention, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission said Saturday.

Cassandra Li Ong went to Japan earlier this year shortly after being released from detention, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission said Saturday.

Lucky South 99’s Cassandra Ong last tracked in Japan — PAOCC

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Lucky South 99’s Cassandra Ong last tracked in Japan — PAOCC

Job Manahan,

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Published November 22, 2025 11:00 AM PHT

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