The Department of Justice said yesterday it will file criminal cases against Tony Yang, the brother of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic adviser Michael Yang.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said Tony Yang would not be deported as he has to face criminal cases, aside from violation of immigration laws.
Yang has denied his involvement with POGOs as Senators Risa Hontiveros and Sherwin Gatchalian insisted on his connection with illegal gaming operations.
“We have a choice between immediate deportation and filing of criminal cases, I think the filing of criminal cases takes precedence now,” Remulla said.
Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty said various government agencies such as the National Bureau of Investigation, Anti-Money Laundering Council and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission were looking into other criminal cases against Yang aside from falsification and use of illegal alias.
“But aside from that, there is a much bigger investigation that will be done and we will coordinate with the NBI, AMLC, BI and maybe PAOCC to look into the various businesses of Tony Yang which may have been used, the warehouse, the possible POGO, to see if there is a more graver case against him,” Ty said.
Ty noted that Yang used his fake Filipino citizenship to obtain lands and corporations in the Philippines.
