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A LAWYER of Charlie \u201cAtong\u201d Ang on Sunday said they welcome the formal filing of cases against his client as an opportunity for the businessman-sportsman to address in an appropriate legal forum the accusations hurled against him.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Attorney Gabriel L. Villareal, Ang\u2019s counsel, maintains his client\u2019s innocence and cautions against Julie \u201cDondon\u201d Patidongan\u2019s testimony, which he describes as flawed, self-serving and unsubstantiated.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Villareal expressed sympathy for the victims\u2019 families and admiration for their persistence in the search for truth and justice. He urged them to look behind and beyond Patidongan\u2019s sudden \u201cawakening\u201d and his timing. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the lawyer, Patidongan was employed in the Ang organization for 15 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHe is a master manipulator and will readily elbow out and eliminate anyone who might come near or threaten his position and access to Mr. Ang,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIt is lamentable though that the public is being deceived by the wolf in sheep\u2019s clothing, and being the master manipulator that he is, has embedded himself amongst the victims of the tragedy that he himself has perpetrated,\u201d Ang\u2019s legal counsel added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to Villareal, Patidongan\u2019s story is a fabrication.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Patidongan recently surfaced and provided information to the police and the Department of Justice about the case of the missing sabungeros, including the alleged dumping of the cadavers into the Taal Lake.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The alleged whistleblower named Ang, policemen and some personalities as involved in the disappearance of the cockfight enthusiasts.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ang denied the allegation and filed cases against Patidongan<\/strong> for conspiracy to commit attempted robbery with violence or intimidation of persons, grave threats, grave coercion, grave slander and for falsely incriminating innocent individuals.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A LAWYER of Charlie “Atong” Ang on Sunday said they welcome the formal filing of cases against his client as an opportunity for the businessman-sportsman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15608,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15606\/revisions\/15608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}