Tony Yang arrested for falsification of documents, other charges

The brother of former Presidential Economic Adviser Michael Yang, Tony Yang, has been arrested on charges of falsification of public documents, perjury, and violation for the use of aliases, according to the Pasay City Police.

Tony Yang o Yang Jian Xin was arrested by the Pasay City Police on Wednesday night. 

The warrant of arrest was issued by Eleuteria Apdian Badoles-Algodon, Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 2 in Cagayan de Oro City, on November 22, 2024 with P36,000 recommended bail for falsification of public document, P18,000 for perjury and P30,000 for violation of C.A. No. 142 as amended by R.A. No. 6085 (An Act to Regulate the use of Aliases).

In October 2024, the National Bureau of Investigation filed 16 complaints for falsification of public documents, perjury, and violation of the Anti-Alias Law against Yang. 

The complaints were filed after the NBI allegedly discovered how Yang used several of his aliases to establish and register several corporations with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Cagayan de Oro.

The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said that Yang mirrored his methods with those of Guo Hua Ping, or former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo. 

The PAOCC said that Yang also used the alias “Antonio Maestrado Lim” in setting up at least 12 companies across Cebu, Davao, and Cagayan de Oro, which includes malls, rice mills, and a steel plant. 

“Respondent concealed his identity as a Chinese national, obtained a Filipino birth certificate, and used his Filipino name/s as incorporator of these corporations, thus committing falsification in the corporations’ Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws. He was also charged for committing Perjury and illegal use of alias,” the NBI statement read.

He is currently detained in the Pasay City Jail.

Yang will remain in police custody pending the posting of bail, the PAOCC said. Once released, Yang will be transferred to the Bureau of Immigration for proceedings related to his immigration offenses. — with Vince Angelo Ferreras/BAP/VBL, GMA Integrated News