Quad comm links Pharmally with POGOs

The personal appearance of Rose Nono Lin, Filipino wife of Allan Lim, establishes the links between Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., which was engaged in the overpricing of medical supplies during the Duterte administration, and illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators or POGOs.

- Delon Porcalla

Upon interpellation, Lin told leaders and members of the quad committee of the House of Representatives last Nov. 7 that she is the spouse of Lim for the last 11 years and that she knows nothing of his alleged other Chinese names, like Lin Wei Xiong.

She denied that her husband, a Hong Kong national, had since been in hiding in Dubai, revealing to House members they just met each other last Nov. 1 in the island city-state, where he supervises several of their companies, while she stays in the country.

Lin confirmed and acknowledged to panel chairman Rep. Robert Ace Barbers that Lim was indeed her husband based on the pictures that the Surigao del Norte congressman showed, but denied allegations the foreigner is a drug trafficker.

Barbers, presiding officer of quad comm, heads the House committee on dangerous drugs.