Businesswoman Rose Nono Lin linked to Pharmally runs for QC representative

MANILA, Philippines – Businesswoman Rose Nono Lin, who is linked to the controversy over the shady pandemic contractor Pharmally, filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) for Quezon City 5th District representative under the Reform PH-People’s Party on Monday, October 7.

Lin avoided questions from the media during her filing.

Lin is an incorporator of a company called Pharmally Biological Incorporated. One of her incorporators is Huang Tzu Yen, who also incorporated Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation which secured over P10 billion in pandemic contracts during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. Pharmally Pharmaceutical officials have been indicted for graft.

In a company called Paili Holdings Corporation, Lin is a co-incorporator with Duterte’s former adviser Michael Yang. Yang was also Pharmally Pharmaceutical’s financier and guarantor.

Lin, her husband, Lin Weixiong — also known as Allan Lim — and Michael Yang are co-incorporators of a company called Paili Holdings Corporation. Michael Yang and Allan Lim have been tagged in the drug trade by former cop Eduardo Acierto, who’s now in hiding. Rose Lin is also the registered owner of Xionwei Technology Company, a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) during the Duterte administration.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents showed that Lin is the president of the POGO company, of which she owns 47%. 

Lin is also identified as the person who “ultimately owns or controls the corporation,” based on the company’s Beneficial Ownership Declaration submitted to the SEC.

Lin Weixiong has been implicated in the illegal drug trade alongside Michael Yang, as alleged by former intelligence officer Acierto.

In late 2021, Rose became a focal point of multiple Senate blue ribbon committee hearings regarding the Pharmally scandal. Her failure to appear at a subsequent hearing in 2022 led to an order for her arrest, along with four other Pharmally executives.

Last March 2023, Lin Weixiong was reportedly at large in Dubai, according to a report by Philstar.com. Earlier this year, Rose was seen visiting Dubai with her family, as documented in a video posted on her TiktTok on January 11, 2024.

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