MANILA, Philippines- Idiniin si presidential spokesperson Harry Roque sa qualified human trafficking case laban kay Cassandra Li Ong at iba pa kaugnay ng mga ilegal na aktibidad ng Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) hub Lucky South 99 Corp.
Sa 15-page supplemental complaint affidavit na inihain nitong Lunes, idinagdag ng Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) at ng Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group si Roque, Lucky South 99 Corp., Whirlwind Corp., Mercides Peralta Macabasa at Ley Tan bilang respondents sa initial complaint na isinampa noong Sept. 10 laban sa mga sangkot sa illegal Pogo sa Porac, Pampanga, na nauna nang sinalakay noong Hunyo.
Inihayag ni Deputy City Prosecutor Darwin Cañete na isinama si Roque dahil sa kanyang “active participation in the furtherance of the illegal activity” ng Lucky South 99.
Batay sa reklamo, tinukoy si Roque bilang legal officer ng Lucky South 99 sa aplikasyon ng Pogo hub para sa renewal ng permit nito sa Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.
“Respondent Roque offered his legal services to Lucky South 99 despite having claimed that he only lawyered for Whirlwind in an ejectment case, but the organizational structure of Lucky South 99 and his activities speak otherwise,” saad sa dokumento.
Iginiit nito na nakinabang si Roque “from the fruits of the trafficking in persons operations” and other illegal activities in the Pogo hubs but chose to keep silent about it.
“As an officer of Lucky South 99, respondent Roque knows that there is something not right about what is happening inside the compound, and he intentionally withheld such information from the police or from any law enforcement agents,” base sa reklamo.
“So, combined together based on the investigation of PAOCC, officers and people who have something to do with the corporation should be made to answer and are supposed to explain their respective activities with respect to the human trafficking activities of Lucky South.”
Sa pahayag sa kanyang Facebook page, sinabi ni Roque na ang inihaing reklamo sa Department of Justice ay “nothing but a trumped-up charge.”
“It took PAOCC four months after the raid in Porac, Pampanga, to get witnesses to agree in concocting lies for the sake of implicating me … They had no evidence linking me against Pogos and obviously manufactured some now just to implicate me,” sabi ni Roque. RNT/SA
