FOUR senators have distanced themselves from a businessman who had been identified as the alleged middleman of a Chinese trader responsible for shipping over P6.4 billion worth of illegal drugs to the Philippines in May.

Senators Risa Hontiveros, Franchis Pangilinan and Juan Miguel Zubiri stood as sponsors during Kenneth Dong’s wedding in 2013 while Senators Joel Villanueva and Hontiveros reportedly received campaign funds from him.

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