THE state witness in the celebrated Mandaue shabu lab case may be out of jail but he can’t leave the country yet. Hung Chin Chang still has unpaid immigration fees after being incarcerated for almost eight years. Chang, a British tourist known also as Simon Lao, is now asking Commissioner Ricardo David JR of the […]
February 24, 2012
CEBU officials in government and the church welcomed the verdict in the eight-year-old shabu laboratory raid in Mandaue City. “This is a victory in our war against drugs. It shows that the criminal justice is working,” said Assistant State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera. “The court has spoken loud and clear. I’m happy with the decision […]
February 24, 2012
AN agitated Calvin Tan rushed to his lawyer’s side right after a guilty verdict was announced in the mega shabu laboratory case. He demanded for his passport. “It’s so unfair,” he cried. “I’m innocent.” Lawyer Gloria Lastimosa-Dalawampu had to calm him down. She said they would file a motion for reconsideration on the judge’s decision […]
February 24, 2012
A Cebu judge yesterday convicted nine foreigners and two Filipinos for operating a secret shabu laboratory in Mandaue City that was raided in 2004. Regional Trial Court Judge Marilyn Lagura Yap sentenced the 11 men to life imprisonment and ordered them to pay a fine of P10 million each. The financier of the laboratory, Chinese […]
April 4, 2012
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