Govt to file charges vs Tony Yang – Remulla
JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Remulla said Wednesday the government would file possible criminal charges against businessman Tony Yang instead of immediately deporting him. In an interview with reporters, Remulla said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) was studying preliminary charges of falsification and illegal use of alias against Yang, whose real name is Yang Jian Xin. "The most convenient [thing to do] is to deport him and drop all cases. But what can it solve? It cannot solve anything. We have to know everything first and punish him," he said. "It has to go with punishment para hindi na maulit (so it would not be repeated). Deterrence can only be achieved with the certainty of punishment," Remulla added. Yang, who also goes by the name Antonio Lim, is the brother of former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang. He has been linked to the illegal online gaming facility allegedly owned by dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo. He was apprehended at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on September 19 by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, with assistance from the Bureau of Immigration and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, for alleged ties to various illegal activities.
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JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Remulla said Wednesday the government would file possible criminal charges against businessman Tony Yang instead of immediately deporting him.
In an interview with reporters, Remulla said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) was studying preliminary charges of falsification and illegal use of alias against Yang, whose real name is Yang Jian Xin.
"The most convenient [thing to do] is to deport him and drop all cases. But what can it solve? It cannot solve anything. We have to know everything first and punish him," he said.
"It has to go with punishment para hindi na maulit (so it would not be repeated). Deterrence can only be achieved with the certainty of punishment," Remulla added.
Yang, who also goes by the name Antonio Lim, is the brother of former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang.
He has been linked to the illegal online gaming facility allegedly owned by dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo.
He was apprehended at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on September 19 by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, with assistance from the Bureau of Immigration and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, for alleged ties to various illegal activities.
