JUNE 3, 2015

NR # 3851C

House leadership sets probe on Wang Bo corruption activities

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II and Minority Leader
Ronaldo Zamora have moved jointly for a congressional inquiry on the alleged bribery and
corruption activities involving Chinese national Wang Bo.
The move is contained in HR No. 2151 directing the Committee on Good Government and
Public Accountability to conduct an inquiry on the alleged corruption activities of the said
Chinese national.
The allegations related to the case are serious and must be properly verified and
addressed. They threaten to destroy and question the integrity of our public institutions,
especially that of the House of Representatives, Belmonte said.
Wang Bo was apprehended by the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation for arriving in
the country with a cancelled passport and for being in the BIDs Black List Order, Belmonte,
Zamora and Gonzales recalled.
The resolution noted that the Manila Standard Today published a series of articles alleging
that officials of the BID reversed a deportation order issued against Wang Bo, a Chinese national
wanted by both Interpol and the Chinese Government.
Furthermore, the authors said that despite the request for deportation by the Chinese
government due to an outstanding arrest warrant against Wang Bo for suspected illegal gambling
activities, the BI subsequently issued an order releasing Wang Bo from BID custody.
While the release of Wang Bo was aborted after a strong statement from the Embassy of
China in the Philippines that he is an undesirable and undocumented alien who poses a risk to the
national interest, the articles likewise alleged that the order to release Wang Bo was due to the
intervention of certain Bureau of Immigration Commissioners, allegedly in exchange for funds to
be used for the approval of the pending Bangsamoro Basic Law, the Resolution added.
Furthermore, the articles alleged that the funds raised from Wang Bo was delivered to the
Office of the Speaker or the House of Representatives and used by the Liberal Party to influence
the outcome of the Committee hearings on the BBL.
These unproven and baseless allegations have raised serious question on the integrity of
the immigration and deportation processes and procedures in the country and have cast doubt on
the integrity of the House of Representatives as an institution, Belmonte, Zamora and Gonzales
reiterated.
It is imperative that the House of Representatives investigate these allegations in order to
protect its honor and integrity as a law-making body, the Speaker concluded. (30) dpt