Love At Your Own Risk

21. 2nd Day Of Hearing

a/n: feeling ko magulo ako mag sulat haha I'm trying different types of  format kasi sa pagsusulat every chapter para makita ko anong mas okay. hehe skl

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June 5, 2024 :
6 hours before the 2nd hearing and it's currently four o' clock in the midnight.

Alice POV

Naalala ko na may pinost nga pala si Sen. Risa na dalawang kaibigan ko na nahuli sa Singapore?? Zhang Ruijin and Lin Baoying?? Bakit wala silang sinabi sa akin na involve sila sa money laundering? 

I mean, sinong criminal nga naman ang aamin diba? Kung ayaw nila makulong, pero bakit?

I immediately opened the browser sa phone ko para i-search yung mga information, and it turns out na totoo nga..

ARTICLE:

SINGAPORE: A couple, among the 10 people charged in a , turned to court on Wednesday (Oct 18) to seek bail but failed in their attempt.

The combined assets between Chinese nationals Lin Baoying, 44, and Zhang Ruijin, 45, come to about S$325 million, with Lin having the larger share of the pie.

Zhang and Lin were arrested in a bungalow along Pearl Island at Sentosa Cove in August, as part of simultaneous police raids that led to 10 people in total being charged in Singapore's largest money laundering probe.

According to affidavits by the two respective investigating officers on the couple's cases, Lin has about S$215,556,000 in assets seized or frozen in Singapore.

This includes S$9.6 million in cash, about S$130.2 million in 14 bank accounts, S$1.9 million in cryptocurrency, five real estate properties worth S$72.2 million and two vehicles worth S$1.6 million.

On top of this, the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) has also seized jewelry, luxury watches and bags and collectibles from Lin.

ctto: CNA website

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Lin... Zhang.. ano ba 'tong pinasok nyo. Kung alam ko lang, sana di na ako nakipag kaibigan sa inyo. Pinagkatiwalaan ko pa 'man din kayo. 

Yung mga ibang assets and mga naging ka business partner ko, unti-unti na din akong nilalayuan dahil sa takot na ma-involve. Ano bang kinakatakot nila? Kung wala naman akong ginagawang mali, kung wala silang ginagawang mali, bakit sila matatakot?

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June 5, 2024 :

one o'clock in the afternoon, already 3 hours when the hearing started.

a/n: it's been a while, and the tension inside the hearing is getting more intense than the first hearing.

Lots of questions were being asked directly to the Mayor regarding illegal activities in POGO Hub, how she was able to earn such money in no time, how she earned those luxurious cars, chopper, clothes and jewelries despite of her job being a hog racer.

They even questioned her citizenship and her childhood and there it is, Sen. Loren trying to be satisfied with the Mayors' answers seems like she's not buying the Mayor's answer of "hindi ko po alam your honor" or "wala po akong maalala your honor".

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a/n: (this is just some script of the previous speech. you may skip if you want. I just somehow changed some small details to make it a little short)