{"id":209302,"date":"2019-04-10T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=209302"},"modified":"2019-04-10T05:42:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T09:42:39","slug":"bong-go-shows-back-to-belie-drug-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/10\/bong-go-shows-back-to-belie-drug-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Bong Go shows back to belie drug links"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During a press conference in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Go took off his white campaign polo shirt, proving that he has no tattoo on his back, and then put on his other red campaign shirt. (ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL FILE PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To belie accusations linking him to illegal drug trade, former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go showed his bare back in front of members of the media on Wednesday, April 10.<\/p>\n

During a press conference in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Go took off his white campaign polo shirt and then put on his other red campaign polo shirt. It was clearly shown that the senatorial hopeful has no tattoo on his back but only marks caused by\u00a0 ventosa massage.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay na? Klaro ha <\/i>(Okay? It is clear, right)?\u201d <\/i>he told reporters, continuing \u201cSana matapos na itong storya <\/i>(I hope this story ends).\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Go did such move after a video entitled \u201cAng Totoong Narcolist – Episode 3\u201d features a certain \u201cBikoy,\u201d a former member of a “big drug syndicate” that operates in Southern Luzon and Visayas region, said that Go has a \u201cdragon tattoo\u201d on his back that bears an alphanumeric code \u201cCOATLIBRA-0018\u201d of his alleged drug transactions.<\/p>\n

It was also said in the video that Go, who allegedly uses the codename “TESOROGOLF-TSG002,” owns four accounts in different local banks where the drug money is supposedly funneled and that the former aide of President Rodrigo Duterte is \u201cone of the leaders\u201d in the drug syndicate.<\/p>\n

Go, however, slammed Bikoy and said the video was a form of \u201cblack propaganda\u201d against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIto si <\/i>Bikoy nagiging kengkoy ka na eh. Ikaw na lang ang lumantad. Alam kong isa ka sa mga <\/i>drug lord at alam kong tinatamaan kayo sa kampanya namin ni Pangulong<\/i> Duterte laban sa droga <\/i>(This Bikoy is becoming a \u2018kengkoy.\u2019 You should reveal yourself. I know you are one of the drug lords and I know that you are affected by President Duterte and I’s campaign against illegal drugs),\u201d<\/i> he said, adding that Bikoy\u2019s \u2018day will come.\u2019<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang earlier challenged those behind the video to file charges against Go if their allegations were true.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so easy to write a story and do a movie or video out of that,\u201d<\/i> Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a press briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cEh kung totoo iyon, \u2018di sana nag<\/i>-file na sila ng mga<\/i> charges. Wala naman silang pina<\/i>-file. So ibig sabihin, hindi totoo <\/i>(If that is true, then they should have filed charges already. But they are not filing anything, so that means that it is not true),\u201d <\/i>he added.<\/p>\n

The first episode of the said video had earlier linked former Davao City Vice Mayor and Presidential son Paolo Duterte to illegal drugs, which the latter had denied. The younger Duterte blamed opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to be behind the video, however, the lawmaker said he was not part of it but \u201cwished\u201d that he was.<\/p>\n

[READ: Trillanes on video linking Paolo Duterte to drugs: I really wish I was part of the making<\/a>]<\/p>\n

The second part of the video also linked Duterte\u2019s youngest child, Veronica, and partner Honeylet Avance\u00f1a to the drug trade, but the latter also belied such claim in a text message she sent to GMA News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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