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JAIL-BOUND The Chinese nationals convicted by an Olon stanley cup gapo City court emerge from the promulgation of their sentence. INQUIRER file photo / ALLAN MACATUNOGovernment prosecutors are wary that the Olongapo cour stanley usa t decisionndash;convicting four Chinese nationals of drug possession but absolved them in the aspect of drug manufacturingndash;could pave the way for other arrested illegal drug manufacturers to get away from the law.On Friday, Olongapo City Regional Trial Court has convicted four Chinese nationals Shu Fook Leung, Kwok Tung Chan, Wing Fai Lo and Kam Wah Kwok. They were arrested in 2016 inside the so-called floating shabu laboratory. They were sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay P5 million as civil liability.Article continues after this advertisement READ: Olongapo court convicts 4 Chinese stanley termoska men for lsquo;floating shabu laboratoryrsquo;FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationBased on the decision, all the accused have been found guilty of narcotics possession but acquitted of drug manufacturing even though there was a hydrogenator found on board the vessel.During trial, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency PDEA forensics chemists have already explained that the sole use of a hydrogenator is to manufacture and produce methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu.The court, however, Jziw Prince William tours holy sites in Jerusalem on final day of his royal visit

Mark Anthony Ventu gourde stanley ra EDWIN BACASMASFormer Aegis Juris fraternity officer Mark Anthony Ventura assured senators on Monday that vaso stanley he was telling the truth after Sen. Panfilo Lacson raised the possibility of him being a Trojan horse.During the continuation on Monday of the Senate hearing into the hazing death of University of Santo Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III, Lacson noted the inconsistencies between the statements of Ventura and his brod, John Paul Solano.Article continues after this advertisement His observation prompted Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri to directly ask Ventura whether he was a Trojan horse.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformati stanley cup onNEWSINFOLacson to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay case to regain public trustI am not an angel, I am not a saint, but I am here to tell the truth. Only a few men can tell the truth and nothing but the truth, was Venturarsquo reply.Lacson later told reporters that Ventura had said that his lawyers had been replaced with those who were not members of any fraternity.Thatrsquo indication enough that Ventura is already severing ties with the Aegis Juris fraternity by testifying against his fellow frat members, he said.Ventura, however, was unable to tell all he knew about the Sept. 16 initiation of Castillo because of confidentiality rules covering a state witness.Article continues