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Tonyboy admits talking to jueteng whistleblower but not on Noynoy's orders
By JAM SISANTE, GMANews.TV
(Updated 10:36 p.m.) Businessman Antonio "Tonyboy" Cojuangco admitted talking to jueteng whistleblower, retired bishop Oscar Cruz, but denied doing so on the order of his second cousin, President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III. Cojuangco, Aquino's biggest campaign contributor, also denied that he asked Cruz to go easy on Interior Undersecretary Rico Puno, the President's shooting buddy, who was implicated in the jueteng scandal.
Cruz, who faced the Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday, bared a list of names that included Puno and retired Philippine National Police Chief Jesus Verzosa. The other names Cruz cited were:
Cruz, who faced the Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday, bared a list of names that included Puno and retired Philippine National Police Chief Jesus Verzosa. The other names Cruz cited were:
- Governor Baby Pineda of Pampanga;
- Paul Dy of Isabela;
- Retired general Eugene Martin of Baguio City;
- Mayor Mauricio Domogan of Baguio City;
- Danny Soriano of Cagayan;
- a certain retired "General Padilla" operating in Pasay, Parañaque, Muntinlupa, and San Pedro;
- Governor Amado Espino in Pangasinan, and
- Boy Jalandoni of Bacolod.
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