{"id":213028,"date":"2019-05-06T05:43:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T09:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=213028"},"modified":"2019-05-06T06:17:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T10:17:40","slug":"man-claiming-to-be-bikoy-asks-for-legal-assistance-for-the-real-war-on-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/05\/06\/man-claiming-to-be-bikoy-asks-for-legal-assistance-for-the-real-war-on-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Man claiming to be \u2018Bikoy\u2019 asks for legal assistance for the \u2018real war on drugs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213029\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bikoy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213029\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bikoy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bikoy.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bikoy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bikoy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bikoy-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Joemel Advincula sought the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) for legal assistance in pursuing a case against those he had named in his video serve, on Monday, May 6 at the IBP headquarters in Ortigas. (File Photo: Screenshot from &#8220;Ang Totoong Narcolist&#8221;)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Exactly seven days before the elections, a man who claims to be the \u201cBikoy,\u201d the anonymous figure behind the \u201cAng Totoong Narcolist\u201d that links the President\u2019s family and former aide to drug syndicates, showed himself in a press conference to ask for legal assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Joemel Advincula sought the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) for legal assistance in filing a case against those he had named in his video serye, on Monday, May 6 at the IBP headquarters in Ortigas.<\/p>\n<p>Advincula\u2019s surface, he said is an assertion that he is a real person and not a \u201c<em>kathang isip<\/em> (made up)\u201d as other people claim.<\/p>\n<p>He said there were two reasons that triggered his move to show his face to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Nagdesisyon akong lumabas dahil una \u2013 merong banta sa aking buhay. Ikalawa \u2013 dahil sa tawag ng konsensya<\/em> (I decided to come out because one \u2013 I have threats to my life. Two \u2013 because of the call of conscience),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBikoy\u201d explained that, \u201c<em>Nakikita ko ang pagwasak ng pamilya na dulot ng droga, na kung saan naging bahagi ako sa pagpapakalat nito noong miyembro pa ako ng sindikato<\/em> (I can see the destruction of families caused by drugs, in which I became part of its spread when I was still a member of the syndicate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He, however, clarified that he is not affiliated with any candidates, especially that of the opposition Otso Diretso, or any political party for that matter. He also said that he has no connection with any media personalities or institutions that were in the \u201cOust Duterte Matrix.\u201d He also negated the claim of Rodel Jayme, the alleged uploader of the \u201cAng Totoong Narcolist,\u201d saying that he does not know him.<\/p>\n<p>Advincula in his statement also detailed a timeline of his activities before and after his supposed drug trade involvement.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he used to be a Marketing Executive at VitaPlus, and it was in February 2010 when his boss whom he identified as Tess Ra\u00f1ola, transferred him to the Operations Center of the syndicate\u2019s Underground Facilities as a control man of its radio base and CCTV operations. He was then moved to the Transmitting and Facilitating Team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Kami ang naghahanda ng monthly<\/em> Tara \u2013 <em>isang<\/em> internal document <em>ng sindikato, na kung saan nakalista ang<\/em> monthly allocation <em>ng mga<\/em> principals <em>ng sindikato. Ito po \u2018yung dokumentong ipnakita ko sa <\/em>video serye (We are the ones who handle the monthly Tara \u2013 the internal document of syndicates in which the monthly allocations of syndicate principals are listed. This is the document that I showed in the video serye),\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>It can be remembered that Ra\u00f1ola filed with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) last week a complaint, that led to the arrest of Jayme.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duterte kin, aide involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Advincula proceeded on describing his job when he was still part of the illegal drug trade and his alleged encounters with the Presidential son and former aide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Bahagi po ng gawain ng aming<\/em> team <em>ay ang<\/em> pag-scan <em>ng mga<\/em> codes <em>na nakaukit sa<\/em> tattoo <em>ng mga<\/em> senior members <em>ng sindikato tulad nina<\/em> Paolo Duterte <em>at<\/em> Bong Go. <em>Pinapadala ito sa <\/em>financial controller <em>ng sindikato na naka-base sa<\/em> Hong Kong <em>upang ma<\/em>-validate <em>ang mga transaksyon<\/em> (Part of the task of our team is to scan the codes embedded on the tattoos of senior members like Paolo Duterte and Bong Go. This is sent to the syndicates&#8217; financial controller who is based in Hong Kong to validate the transactions).\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n<p>He also added, \u201c<em>Ilang beses din na ako mismo ang nag-i<\/em>-iscan <em>ng<\/em> code <em>sa<\/em> tattoo <em>ni<\/em> Bong Go, <em>kaya tinitiyak ko po sa inyo na may<\/em> dragon tattoo <em>siya pati na rin si<\/em> Paolo Duterte (I have scanned the code on the tattoo of Bong Go, this is why I am sure that he has a dragon tattoo, and Paolo Duterte as well).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBikoy\u201d then said that he was imprisoned because of a fraud case back in 2012, and he was freed in 2016 which was when he decided to change his ways.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to him, an encounter with Go, whom he said recognized his face in a gathering by the company where he works for, changed the owner\u2019s treatment of him. He also claimed getting a warning from a co-worker that his life is in danger.<\/p>\n<p>It was on year 2018 when he decided to quit and go into hiding and expose his knowledge of the underground transactions. \u201cBikoy\u201d also said that some former members of the syndicate group passed to him some of the documents that appeared on his supposed video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Handa po ako humarap sa anumang imbestigasyon ng Senado upang patotohanan ang lahat ng inilabas ko sa<\/em> video serye (I am prepared to face any investigation by the Senate to prove whatever was exposed in the video serye),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Advincula asked for the public\u2019s prayers for his safety, then continued saying that the drug problem in the country will continue to proliferate as long as those involved are close to President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Black propaganda\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malaca\u00f1ang through Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, in an interview with CNN Philippines on Monday, maintained that the video serye is only black propaganda against the government. Also the President&#8217;s chief legal counsel, Panelo said that Go already showed his bareback in a previous briefing, which makes Advincula&#8217;s statement untrue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exactly seven days before the elections, a man who claims to be the \u201cBikoy,\u201d the anonymous figure behind the \u201cAng &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":213029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,54365,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-instagram","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213028"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213034,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213028\/revisions\/213034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}