MANILA – Michael Yang, an economic adviser of former President Rodrigo Duterte, is to be invited to the House of Representatives’ investigation regarding an over P3-billion drug bust at a warehouse in Mexico, Pampanga last year.
According to Surigao del Norte’s Cong. Robert Ace Barbers, Yang is to be invited because his interpreter, Lincoln Ong, was found to be an incorporator of a company with links to other companies, including Empire 999.
Barbers stated that Empire 999 owned the warehouse where the P3 billion worth of shabu was found.
The lawmaker said that the company was allegedly operated by some Chinese, who also have bogus firms managed by personalities previously linked to anomalous activities during the Duterte administration.
Barbers further said most incorporators from different companies are Chinese allegedly presenting fake documents stating that they are supposedly Filipinos.
“This matter has now gone from a simple illegal drug smuggling to a national security concern. We need to establish the link between these companies and Michael Yang, the financier of Pharmally. It is not as simple as it seems,” Barbers said on Monday.
“These personalities and their interests are so intertwined and intricately woven in an elaborate multi-layered company structure that resembles a maze deliberately designed to avoid detection and ultimate liability in case the scheme is discovered,” he added.
“The activities of the other companies have not been unearthed yet but the incorporators have gone into hiding already and have started disposing their assets. There is more than meets the eye,” he furter said./PN
