The proprietor of the Bren Esports workforce, Bernard Lu Chong, is being sought by authorities within the Philippines in reference to a $33 million drug bust, the Daily Tribune reports (opens in new tab).
Chong is at the moment the topic of a manhunt by Philippine police as a result of his ties to Fortuneyield Cargo Providers Company (FCS), which is accused of making an attempt to smuggle about 276 kilos (or round 608 kilos) of meth by means of Manila Worldwide Container Port three years in the past. Chong is alleged to be one of many house owners of Fortuneyield Cargo Providers.
An extended decision from Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Theodore Villanueva states that funds on the size crucial for Fortuneyield to hold out a smuggling operation just like the one busted three years in the past couldn’t happen “with out the overall supervisor’s data and acquiescence”. Earlier than the meth bust in 2019, Chong was additionally named in reference to a container smuggling operation (opens in new tab) price about $1.25 million, for which he faces separate prices.
Chong has since taken to Twitter (opens in new tab) to disclaim the allegations towards him, writing that he categorically denies “these claims that will destroy the nice identify” that he has “taken care of for thus a few years”, and retweeting statements of help from figures within the esports group. Chong doesn’t say whether or not he might be turning himself in to the authorities.
I’m penning this twitter thread to categorically deny these claims that will destroy the nice identify I’ve taken cared of for thus a few years.August 2, 2022
Bren Esports is a giant regional presence on the esports scene, and having its proprietor change into the topic of a serious drugs-related manhunt is bound to trigger wider and wider ripples the longer it drags on. In fact, the Philippines has been infamous for its harsh anti-narcotics insurance policies ever since former president Rodrigo Duterte started his ‘conflict on medicine’ after taking workplace in 2016, a conflict which his successor has pledged to continue (opens in new tab) (although with extra deal with prevention and rehabilitation). Anybody with the means to take action is probably going to spend so much of money and time avoiding the opportunity of having to face such a system, so this story might drag on for some time.
