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Among the companies whose assets were freezed include raided POGO firm Lucky South 99, and Whirlwind, the real estate company that leased its land to Lucky South
PAMPANGA, Philippines – The Malacañang has directed the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to freeze and preserve all assets of the seven companies that are under investigation by the House of Representatives’ quad committee.
Based on the memorandum signed by Executive Secretary and Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) chair Lucas Bersamin on October 22, released to the media on Monday, October 28, the seven firms are as follows:
- Lucky South 99 Gaming Incorporated – an illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) in Porac, Pampanga that was raided in June
- Whirlwind Corporation – a real estate company that leased its compound to Lucky South 99
- Biancham Holdings and Trading Incorporated – the holding company once owned by former presidential spokesman Harry Roque
- Empire 999 Realty Corporation – linked to the seized 560 kilograms of smuggled narcotics worth P3.6 billion that arrived at Subic Port in September 2023
- Sunflare Industrial Supply Corporation – a company associated with Aedy Tai Yang, Chinese national tied to supposedly anomalous land sales in Mexico, Pampanga
- Yatai Industrial Park Incorporated – flagged for operating a human trafficking and cyber fraud network, owned by She Zhijiang, a convicted tycoon in China
- Mexico 999 Industrial Realty Development Corporation
“Pursuant to the ongoing inquiry, in aid of legislation being conducted by the House of Representatives joint committees on illegal activities linked to illegal POGOs, the AMLC is hereby directed, subject to existing laws, rules and regulations, to apply with the appropriate court for the issuance of a freeze order or provisional asset reservation order covering all assets of the corporations, which are in any way related to an unlawful activity, as defined by Republic Act No. 9160,” the order stated.
In a separate letter addressed to Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado, the PAOCC also ordered the deportation of 192 foreign nationals, most of whom are Chinese, apprehended during a raid operation involving 3D Analyzer Information Technologies Incorporated.
PAOCC directed the DOJ and BI to facilitate the transportation of the apprehended foreign nationals who were transferred to PAOCC’s temporary detention facility and to ensure their summary deportation while blacklisting them to prevent their re-entry into the Philippines.
The quad committee, now on its ninth session, has been investigating since August controversies faced by the Duterte administration — illegal POGOs, his drug war, and the extrajudicial killings. – Rappler.com
