{"id":777017936,"date":"2024-08-07T08:32:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T11:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017936"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:24:18","slug":"former-philippine-presidential-spokesperson-placed-on-doj-watchlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/former-philippine-presidential-spokesperson-placed-on-doj-watchlist","title":{"rendered":"Former Philippine presidential spokesperson placed on DOJ watchlist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Harry Roque and 11 others have been placed on the list for alleged links to offshore gambling operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Department of Justice (DOJ<\/strong>) has announced that it has placed 12 people, including former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque<\/strong>, on a lookout bulletin order (LBO) due to their alleged links to offshore gaming operators. This means that the Bureau of Immigration (BI) will monitor their travel in and out of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LBO is issued when someone under investigation is considered a flight risk. Roque has denied plans to flee the country and said he is willing to address any charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July<\/a>, Alejandro H. Tengco<\/strong>, chairman and CEO of\u00a0the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), told the Senate inquiry into illegal gambling operators that Roque and Cassandra Li Ong, a representative of Lucky South 99, had visited his office to discuss unpaid arrears. Tengco said Roque never exerted pressure on PAGCOR and did not follow up on the matter, but Roque was listed as the legal head in an organisational chart submitted by the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roque said at the time: “As stated by PAGCOR Chairman Alejandro Tengco, I requested a rescheduling of arrears payment for a lessee and principal of my client Whirlwind Corporation. My client provided services to Lucky South, which at that time held a valid licence from PAGCOR. I want to make it clear that I did not authorise nor was I informed of my name being included in any submission by Lucky South to the PAGCOR regarding licence renewal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> Philippine president orders ban on offshore gaming operators<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Harry Roque and 11 others have been placed on the list for alleged links to offshore gambling operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippine Department of Justice has issued a lookout bulletin order for 12 individuals, including former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, due to alleged connections with offshore gaming operators. This action, prompted by concerns over flight risk, follows PAGCOR's CEO Alejandro H. Tengco's testimony linking Roque to Lucky South 99 regarding unpaid arrears. The development occurs amidst a broader regulatory crackdown, including a presidential directive to ban offshore gaming operators in the Philippines.","focusai_entities":"Harry Roque, Alejandro H. Tengco, Cassandra Li Ong, Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Immigration (BI), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Senate, Lucky South 99, Whirlwind Corporation","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on POGO Sector","query":"What are the projected economic and operational impacts on the remaining Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and the broader iGaming ecosystem following the presidential ban and intensified regulatory enforcement actions?"},{"label":"Governance Frameworks","query":"How will PAGCOR's governance frameworks and due diligence processes be strengthened to prevent future instances of alleged political influence or non-compliance by licensed operators and their affiliates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777017936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777017936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017959,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017936\/revisions\/777017959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}