Huang Zhiyang — appearing to be one of the biggest POGO bosses, wanted in the Philippines for human trafficking, and sued for money laundering — has 2 million euros sitting in Cyprus
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If the Philippines is looking to recover, or at least preserve, some assets in connection with the Bamban case, Huang has 2 million euros in Cyprus that he has not been able to redeem yet ever since he was named in the POGO scandal here. “Huang Zhiyang is not an ordinary criminal based on the criminal network that he has developed both in the Philippines and other countries,” said Cruz.over the past few years as having enabled the entry of criminals, and other politically-exposed persons.
This earned him a ticket to the program and qualified him for citizenship via the golden passport program. Cyprus scrapped the program in October 2020 after it was exposed to have provided passage to criminals. Huang Zhiyang left the Philippines on March 27, 2024, according to his travel records that Rappler verified with the justice department. This was two weeks after the PAOCC and the police raided the Zun Yuan POGO inside the Baofu compound on March 13 this year.
We sent questions to Guo’s lawyer Stephen David on November 20, which we followed up on December 5 and January 14, but received no reply.
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