CHINESE businessman and older brother of Michael Yang, ex-president Digong Duterte‘s economic adviser, Tony Yang (also known as Yang Jian Xin and Antonio Maestrado Lim), denied during the last Quad Committee hearing that his businesses were involved in illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.
Yang Jian Xin has several business entities registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission using Antonio M. Lim, his Pilipino name.
Surprisingly, Yang admitted that the Philippine birth certificate was fake, which he obtained a few years after his arrival in the country.
He’s been secretly operating in Cagayan de Oro for over two decades and was said to have an illegal POGO in CDO and an P800 million steel manufacturing plant in Misamis Oriental.
Named as majority stockholder and corporate officer of OroOne Incorporated, a POGO service provider registered with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, but he denied it saying he’s merely a dummy for the owner who rented his Yangze building.
This set-up is very similar to the POGO arrangements of dismissed Bamban (Tarlac) mayor Alice Guo and Cassie Ong, with Alice’s Baofu Land Development leasing to Hongsheng Gaming Technology Inc./Zun Yuan Technology Inc. in Bamban and Cassie’s Whirlwind Corporation leasing to Lucky South 99 in Porac, Pampanga.
It’s evident that these are parallel operations—albeit in different locations—and they suggest a complex network of crime syndicates with interconnected Chinese personalities involved.
Aside from these questionable businesses, Tony Yang has also been linked to shady Chinese businessman, Lin Weixiong/Allan Lim, the husband of Rose Nono Lin, said to be an incorporator and stockholder of Xionwei Technology Co. Ltd., a POGO licensee.
While Tony Yang and so many other shady Chinese businessmen have been operating under the radar for many years, they started to thrive and become bolder during Duterte’s administration.
Duterte appeared to have empowered these illicit operators through his pro-China policies and protected them and allowed illegal POGOs and illegal drugs to proliferate.
Currently, the only case filed against Tony Yang is a violation of immigration laws for the bogus birth certificate. However, with all these emerging connections and interlocking personalities, it’s only a matter of time before this whole web of lies is exposed—including the mastermind behind it all.
