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Authorities apprehend brother of ex-Duterte adviser Michael Yang

Authorities apprehend brother of ex-Duterte adviser Michael Yang

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Updated Sep 20, 2024 02:16 AM PHT

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(UPDATE) Authorities on Thursday apprehended Yang Jian Xin, an older brother of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s ex-economic adviser Michael Yang.

The Bureau of Immigration and Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission apprehended Jiang Xin at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3.

According to BI, Jian Xin, 54, faces a deportation case for “undesirability and misrepresentation, after allegedly misrepresenting himself as a Filipino and falsifying information regarding to the SEC certification of Phil Sanjia Corporation which he owns, as reported by the PAOCC.”

Filipino employees of Sanjia also complained of non-remittance of their Social Security System (SSS), PAG-IBIG, and PhilHealth contributions, BI added.

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If found guilty, Jian Xin faces deportation and blacklisting.

During Thursday’s quad comm hearing, Rep. Dan S. Fernandez announced Jiang Xin’s arrest.

“His violation is in accordance with the immigration law, since in his corporation that he filed at the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission…he owns a passport in the name of Antonio Lim,” he added.

Fernandez also said the residential address of Antonio Lim in Cagayan de Oro City is the same as that of Jiang Xin.

Jiang Xin is also involved in rice importation through his company, Yangze Rice Mill.

“Hindi lamang po sa POGO nagtatago itong ating Chinese personalities pretending to be Filipinos, but also in the different corporations like this Sanjia Steel Corporation that has invested P800 million in the Philippine industrial area,” Fernandez also said.

The Yang brothers have been linked to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country. 

Senator Risa Hontiveros earlier said the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) discovered that Hongjiang Yang, reportedly another brother of Michael Yang’, had direct transactions with Baofu through his joint account with a certain Yu Zheng Can, who was an incorporator of Hongsheng.

Hongjiang is also supposedly an incorporator of the Philippine Fullwin Group of Companies whose president is his brother, Michael, and where a certain Gerald Cruz is the corporate secretary.

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