A photo has been circulating showing President Marcos with Cassandra Ong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Philippines.- Benito Techico<\/strong>, the Philippine president’s special envoy to China has denied that Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.<\/strong> and first lady Liza-Araneta <\/strong>had links to offshore gaming operators. The response is related to a photo that shows Marcos and his wife with Cassandra Ong, a representative of Lucky South 99 at a restaurant in November 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lucky South 99 was raided in June<\/a>. Ong has been arrested along with Shiela Guo<\/strong>, the sister of Alice Guo,\u00a0the suspended mayor of Bamban<\/a>, Tarlac. In a press conference at a mall in Pasay City, Techico said the group photo was taken during a casual encounter with several Chinese diners who requested a souvenir. He said other people in the photograph had denied that Ong knew the Marcoses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has said that Sheila Guo might be deported to China once criminal charges against her are resolved. Guo and\u00a0Ong<\/strong> are accused of obstruction of justice, harbouring a fugitive and violation of the Philippine Passport Act. Alice Guo has an outstanding arrest order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A photo has been circulating showing President Marcos with Cassandra Ong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15427,"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 president's special envoy to China has denied links between President Marcos and First Lady Liza-Araneta with offshore gaming operators, specifically Lucky South 99, following the circulation of a photo with Cassandra Ong. Ong, a representative of Lucky South 99, has been arrested along with Sheila Guo, sister of suspended mayor Alice Guo, on charges including obstruction of justice, amidst an ongoing crackdown on illegal POGOs.","focusai_entities":"Marcos, Cassandra Ong, Benito Techico, Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., Liza-Araneta, Lucky South 99, Shiela Guo, Alice Guo, Bureau of Immigration","focusai_location":"Philippines, China, Pasay City, Bamban, Tarlac","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the potential implications for the broader Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) sector's regulatory framework and licensing stability, given the alleged high-level political connections and ongoing enforcement actions?"},{"label":"Governance Frameworks","query":"How might these allegations influence the Philippine government's approach to strengthening governance frameworks and anti-corruption measures within the iGaming industry, particularly concerning B2B\/B2C licensing and oversight?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,158,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777018516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018516","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=777018516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018527,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018516\/revisions\/777018527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}