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PNP: 2 nabbed for bribe try to get sabungero kin to withdraw affidavit
A married couple was arrested for attempting to bribe a family member of a missing cockfighter to withdraw charges against businessman Charlie "Atong" Ang and others.
The suspects allegedly offered P1.5 million to Jaja Pilarta, partner of missing sabungero John Claude Inonog, in exchange for her silence and retraction of her complaint.
Pilarta stated that the couple wanted her to sign a recantation of the complaint she filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The entrapment operation that led to the couple's arrest was conducted by the Philippine National Police - Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Rizal.
The arrested couple may face charges of grave coercion and obstruction of justice.
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