By Junex Doronio
MANILA — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) has revealed that almost all the foreigners rescued in the illegal POGO hub in Lapu-lapu City, Cebu were former employees of the controversial Lucky South 99 in Bamban, Tarlac and Porac, Pampanga.
On Wednesday (4 September 2024) evening, PAOCC spokesperson Winston Casio said Wednesday evening that around two-thirds of the 169 rescued illegal POGO hub employees were from Bamban, Tarlac and Porac, Pampanga.
“‘Yung mga Pilipino na nakuha natin na administrative staff dito ay galing pa ng Bamban at Porac. Kinumpirma nila na kakilala nila si Alice Guo, at kinumpirma nila na — di ba ni-raid namin noong June 4 ‘yung Lucky South 99 — noong June 3 naka-receive na daw sila ng tip,” Casio disclosed in an interview on TeleRadyo Serbisyo.
He added: “Nakareceive na sila ng tip noong June 3 kaya nakaalis sila. Tapos noong June 8, lumipad sila mula sa Clark, Pampanga papunta na dito sa Lapu-lapu (City).”
Casio said out of the 169 arrested employees, one was under-aged and was turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development DSWD) regional office in Cebu City.
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