{"id":777022250,"date":"2025-01-22T10:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777022250"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:30:32","slug":"philippine-senator-calls-for-rejection-of-citizenship-application-for-alleged-links-to-offshore-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-senator-calls-for-rejection-of-citizenship-application-for-alleged-links-to-offshore-gaming","title":{"rendered":"Philippine senator calls for rejection of citizenship application for alleged links to offshore gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Risa Hontiveros says Li Duan Wang is linked to Duanren Wu, the alleged mastermind of an offshore gaming operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- Senator\u00a0<strong>Risa Hontiveros <\/strong>has asked colleagues to deny the Filipino citizenship application of Li Duan Wang, also known as Mark Ong, due to alleged links to offshore gaming operations. Hontiveros says Wu is the alleged mastermind behind an offshore gaming operator hub in Porac, Pampanga. He is also the godfather of <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/human-trafficking-charges-filed-against-cassandra-li-ong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cassandra Li Ong<\/a> and a wanted fugitive in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hontiveros showed photos of Wang with Duanren Wu at a casino event in Clark, Pampanga. She said: Hontiveros said: &#8220;It should not inspire confidence in us senators that Wang is an associate of a fugitive and an offshore gaming operator boss embroiled in human trafficking.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said Wang runs the 9 Dynasty junket group, which shares officers with Rivendell, and offshore gaming operation in Pasay tied to illegal activities. Wang did not include this information in his citizenship application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The senator also said that Wang represented himself as a Filipino citizen in the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the company Avia International Club, which he didn&#8217;t disclose in his naturalisation application. She said, &#8220;You cannot be a Filipino citizen while applying to be one. Both facts cannot be true at the same time. This clear lie already suggests bad faith on the part of the applicant.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hontiveros also said Wang had multiple taxpayer identification numbers (TINs), some of which have been cancelled or used inconsistently across different organisations, including JuanCare and Avia International Club. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-lces-ordered-to-intensify-inspections-to-phase-out-offshore-gaming-operators\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philippine LCEs ordered to intensify inspections to phase out offshore gaming operators<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risa Hontiveros says Li Duan Wang is linked to Duanren Wu, the alleged mastermind of an offshore gaming operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Senator Risa Hontiveros is opposing Li Duan Wang's Filipino citizenship application, citing his alleged links to Duanren Wu, the purported mastermind of an illegal offshore gaming operation in Porac, Pampanga, and involvement in human trafficking. Wang is also accused of operating the 9 Dynasty junket group, which shares officers with Rivendell, an offshore gaming entity tied to illicit activities in Pasay, and of misrepresenting his citizenship status and multiple taxpayer identification numbers. These allegations highlight significant governance and regulatory compliance concerns within the Philippine iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Risa Hontiveros, Li Duan Wang, Mark Ong, Duanren Wu, Cassandra Li Ong, 9 Dynasty junket group, Rivendell, Avia International Club, JuanCare","focusai_location":"Philippines, China, Porac, Pampanga, Clark, Pampanga, Pasay","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Analysis","query":"What specific legislative or enforcement actions are anticipated from Philippine authorities to address the systemic issues of illegal offshore gaming operations and associated illicit activities highlighted by Senator Hontiveros?"},{"label":"Due Diligence Implications","query":"How will these allegations of corporate malfeasance and misrepresentation impact the due diligence requirements for B2B and B2C licensing applicants within the Philippine iGaming jurisdiction?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777022250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022250","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=777022250"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777022260,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022250\/revisions\/777022260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777022250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}