The House quad committee wants to get copies of documents to investigate the 'sudden increase' of assets of one of Roque's companies
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“There is a motion to detain Atty. Harry Roque at the House of Representatives detention facility. This was duly seconded, any objection, no objection, the motion is approved,” said the committee chairperson, Surigao del Norte 2nd District Representative Ace Barbers. This second contempt order stemmed from Roque’s non-compliance to the committee’s subpoena on documents pertaining to his properties, and Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth. Roque has filed a motion to quash the subpoena, which was already denied in the last hearing, but he submitted a fresh motion on Thursday.
“There is a question on the source of the money of Biancham Corporation, which belongs to Atty. Harry Roque. If he will not be able to prove the legal and valid source of this sudden increase of assets of Biancham, then there is reasonable ground to believe that indeed he is connected with POGO operations, and this money possibly came from POGO operations,” said Luistro.with Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp initially in relation to Lucky South 99’s arrears with Pagcor totaling $500,000.
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