It’s the government’s biggest supplier of medical goods during the pandemic – bagging billions of pesos worth of contracts despite being a small corporation with limited financial capability. alleged drug involvementĪfter doing business in Davao City for more than two decades, Yang is now in the middle of congressional hearings due to his connection to Pharmally Pharmaceutical. READ: Duterte, PDEA dig up past to defend Michael Yang vs. 'During my time, wala akong nakita (I did not find anything),' said Dela Rosa, who served in Davao City for years before Duterte appointed him as the country's top cop in 2016.ĭuterte and his officials have repeatedly defended Yang. ' Trabahuhin mo, meaning magconduct ka ng operations kung talagang involved sa droga (Work on it, meaning conduct operations if he's really involved in drugs),' Dela Rosa recalled Duterte as saying. 'I was given the instruction by then Mayor Duterte na 'bantayan mo 'yang tao na 'yan.' Kasi alam mo na, call it sinophobia or what ('to watch that man.' Because you know, call it sinophobia or what),' Dela Rosa said. “I am the chief PNP, alangan namang I will go down to your level na ako pa ang mag surveillance niyan.”ĭela Rosa recalled that when Yang was starting to do business in Davao City, then Mayor Rodrigo Duterte asked him to watch the Chinese businessman closely. “Siya (Acierto) ang nag disregard sa information niya, wala siyang progress na ibinigay,” Dela Rosa said. He made the same allegation against President Rodrigo Duterte, former Special Assistant to the President and Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, and then PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino. In 2019, Acierto accused Dela Rosa of disregarding the intelligence information to protect Yang. trabahuhin mo yan,” Dela Rosa said as he led the Senate committee hearing on the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposed budget for 2022.ĭela Rosa said Acierto never submitted a progress report. Sabi ko, ikaw man ang deputy director ng PDEG (PNP Drug Enforcement Group). “If my memory serves me right, nagsubmit siya ng papel, binasa ko, then binalik ko sa kanya. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 15) - Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Wednesday denied ignoring an intelligence report on the alleged drug links of Chinese businessman and former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang.ĭela Rosa, former chief of the Philippine National Police, said what he did was order then anti-drug operative Eduardo Acierto to do a follow-up.

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