The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it is investigating a police operation in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, that uncovered an illegal "e-sabong" (online cockfighting) facility that may be linked to fugitive businessman Charlie "Atong" Ang.
PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño said on Monday, April 27, that PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. has also ordered a probe into a police major's possible ties to the e-sabong operation.
"The CIDG investigation is looking into two areas: the possible link to Atong Ang in the said operation and the link of the police major to Atong Ang as his operator in the alleged e-sabong," Tuaño said in a press briefing.
Thirty individuals were arrested during the CIDG raid on April 22. CIDG spokesperson Maj. Helen dela Cruz said the Bacolod-based police major has been relieved and is now at the PNP headquarters for investigation.
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor Remulla on Monday named Maj. Edgar Tonico Jr., chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Bacolod City , as the alleged protector of a criminal syndicate operating in Negros Occidental.
Remulla said Tonico allegedly was protecting the syndicate operating an illegal cigarette factory in Bago City and an unauthorized e-sabong (online cockfighting) hub in Talisay City.*
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