MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has ordered the arrest and detention of Michael Yang, a former economic adviser of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
The Committee on Dangerous Drugs cited Yang in contempt after failing to appear in the hearings despite several summons.
“We were informed na ang subject ng arrest order ay wala na ho rito (We were informed that the subject of the arrest order is no longer in the country),” Barbers, chairman of the House committee, said in a press conference on Wednesday.
Barbers said that “we will have to provide… information to the” Bureau of Immigration and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) “so that the DFA and our Immigration can likewise alarm other countries about the arrest order…”
The committee was conducting an investigation that stemmed from the P3.6 billion worth of shabu seized last year in a warehouse in Pampanga.
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