Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. INQUIRER PHOTO / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
MANILA, Philippines — National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag on Wednesday said the bureau’s investigation into the alleged funding irregularities of a sports complex built in New Clark City, Tarlac which was used in the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, is just “incidental.”
He added that it has nothing to do with Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, who chaired the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) at that time.
This came after Matibag revealed on Tuesday that they received information that around P10 billion was involved in the sports complex without undergoing liquidation, adding that “there was no bidding that took place, and the P10 billion was quickly paid through congressional insertion in the General Appropriations Act.”
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