House detains raided POGO worker Cassandra Ong

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The National Bureau of Investigation turns over Cassandra Li Ong to the House of Representatives on Monday, August 26.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/house-detains-raided-pogo-worker-cassandra-ong-august-2024/

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00:00The National Bureau of Investigation turns over Cassandra Lee Ong to the House of Representatives

00:06on Monday, August 26.

00:08Ong is tied to the raided Philippine offshore gaming operator Lucky South 99 in Porac, Pampanga.

00:14She is the woman who allegedly hired former Duterte spokesperson Harry Roque to lawyer

00:19for Whirlwind, the real estate firm that leased its land to Lucky South.

00:23Ong was cited in contempt by the House Committee investigating illegal pogos for stubbing the

00:27congressional inquiry she had been invited to.

00:30The House then issued an arrest order against her on August 21.

00:34She and Chila Guo, sister of dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, were arrested by Indonesian

00:39immigration authorities on August 22 and were deported back to the Philippines the same

00:43day.

00:44Ong is expected to face the House Quad Committee investigating the links between pogos, extrajudicial

00:49killings, illegal drugs, and Chinese syndicates.

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