CLAIM: Sen. Risa Hontiveros used “fake news” as evidence of Harry Roque’s alleged links to a POGO company and Chinese fugitive Sun Liming.
RATING: FALSE
A Facebook post by the page “Balitang Totoo” falsely claimed that Sen. Risa Hontiveros had used “fake news” in her inquiry against former Palace spokesman Harry Roque.
The post alleged that Hontiveros made baseless accusations to “connect Roque and Duterte allies to POGO” or Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations.
It also claimed that Sun Liming’s cases in China and subsequent arrest had nothing to do with Roque.
Various media outlets have reported, based on information from Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz, that Liming (who also uses the name Khuon Moeurn) was connected to the operations of the POGO firm Lucky South 99.
Roque was also found having connections with Lucky South 99, being listed as its “legal head,” according to Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chief Alejandro Tengco.
Mouern/Liming was arrested on July 27 in a house in Tuba, Benguet, a property tied to Roque, according to PAOCC.
PAOCC, through the Presidential Communications Office, published on Aug. 24 a news release saying Roque’s name had kept “cropping up” in its investigations. PressOnePH
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