A lawyer for a Chinese online gaming operator based in Clark free port on Friday denied offering a bribe to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. chief Andrea Domingo to secure the release of more than a thousand Chinese nationals arrested by immigration agents last November 24.

Lawyer Raymond Fortun, who represents Chinese businessman Jack Lam, shifted the blame to retired police officer Wally Sombero, who accompanied Lam to a meeting with Aguirre in a Bonifacio Global City hotel last November 26.

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