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September 22, 2020

Hontiveros lauds whistleblower of ‘Pastillas’ scheme: Sen. Risa Hontiveros, chairperson of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, presides over a public hearing tackling Senate Resolution No. 131 or the Rescues of Sexual Trafficking Victims. Hontiveros lauded whistleblower Allison Alex Chiong for exposing widespread corruption at the Bureau of Immigration. “Your efforts in exposing corruption at the Bureau of Immigration have not been in vain. Owing to your courage, criminal complaints have been filed against 20 individuals involved in the ‘pastillas’ scheme,” Hontiveros said Tuesday, September 22, 2020. (Joseph Vidal/Senate)

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