Ong filed yesterday before the SC a petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and writ of preliminary injunction against the House of Representatives and Senate committees conducting an investigation into Lucky South 99, the POGO raided in Porac for which Ong was the authorized representative.
In her 27-page petition, Ong claimed that chairpersons and members of the House’s quad com, during its Aug. 28 hearing, intimidated her into answering their questions by citing her in contempt and ordering her to be detained at the Correctional Institute of Women in Mandaluyong City instead of the Congress detention facility, where she was initially held.
She also claimed that the committee ordered security staff to physically separate her from her lawyer during the hearing and threatened the lawyer with ejection from the hearings for supposedly coaching her.
Ong also claimed that due to fear induced by the quad com, she was forced to sign a waiver to allow the panel to look into her bank accounts since she was “afraid of being detained in a facility for convicted criminals.”
She later reneged on her earlier commitment to sign the waiver following the filing of money laundering complaints against her before the Department of Justice.
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