MANILA, Philippines — The conviction of the “three big fishes” in the P50 million immigration extortion case is a “victory for the people and our justice system”, Senator Richard Gordon said Saturday.
Gordon made the remark after the Sandiganbayan convicted two former senior officials of the Bureau of Immigration and a businessman on separate charges of plunder and graft for extorting P50 million from Chinese gaming tycoon Jack Lam five years ago.
“The conviction of the ‘three big fishes’ is a tremendous victory to boost the morale of the people that corruption can be beaten. This is a victory for the people and our justice system,” Gordon, who chairs the …
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