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“Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go describes Michael Yang as a Chinese business being “linked” to former president Rodrigo Duterte.”
Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go Claim dated 9 Sep 2024.
Vera Files rated thisNeeds context

What Vera Files found

Michael Yang is not merely linked to Duterte. He was the former president's economic adviser in 2018.

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In short

Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go made this claim around 9 September 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 20 September 2024, 11 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.

Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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