The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8839 granting Philippine citizenship to Li Duan Wang, a Chinese citizen whom Sen. Risa Hontiveros linked to the alleged boss of the raided POGO hub in Porac, Pampanga.
On a vote of 19 for and one against, the Senate passed the House bill which also mandated Wang to take the oath of allegiance and given a certificate of naturalization.
“Hindi pa ba tayo natuto sa panloloko ni Guo Hua Ping, alias Alice Guo, o kay Yang Jianxin, alias Tony Yang? Hindi pa ba tayo nadala sa mga abusadong dayuhang nagpanggap na Pilipino para pagkakitaan ang taumbayan at dungisan ang ating mga sistema?” Hontiveros said.
“Susugal pa ba tayo muli sa isang taong ikinubli sa Kongreso ang kanyang mga kaduda-dudang kaugnayan?” Hontiveros said in explaining her vote against House Bill 8839,” she added.
(Haven’t we learned from the deception of Guo Hua Ping, also known as Alice Guo, or Yang Jianxin, also known as Tony Yang? Haven’t we been affected by abusive foreigners posing as Filipinos to profit from our people and tarnish our systems? Are we willing to take a chance again on someone who has hidden their questionable connections in Congress?)
Hontiveros in the plenary raised what she called “red flags” that Wang allegedly kept from Congress.
This includes his alleged role as a junket operator and his ties to Duanren Wu, said to be the “big boss” of the raided POGO hub in Porac, Pampanga.
Hontiveros also said Wang also had a business in the same building where the firm linked to confessed Chinese spy She Zhijiang in the Al Jazeera documentary, Hontiveros said.
She said Wang was connected to Jinjiang Yuxi Association, which is said to be part of the united front work of the Communist Party of China, and his false identification as Filipino in the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Hindi ko po hinatulan na guiilty sa anumang krimen si Li Duan Wang… pero sapat ang mga red flag na ito para hindi siya pagkalooban ng pagiging Pilipino nang ganito lamang kadali,” Hontiveros said.
(I do not judge Li Duan Wang as guilty of any crime… but these red flags are enough to prevent him from being granted Philippine citizenship so easily.)
GMA News Online has reached out to Senate President Francis Escudero and Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino for comment.
It is trying to get a comment from Li and will publish his side as soon as it is made available. –NB, GMA Integrated News
