Senate panel to discuss Pharmally director Ong's release after wife's appeal

Linconn Uy Ong, director Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corp., as seen in a Sept. 13, 2021 Senate blue ribbon committee hearing aired online.

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MANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:37 p.m.) — Sen. Richard Gordon, who chairs the Blue Ribbon Committee, said the panel will discuss the release of Pharmally director Linconn Ong, who is currently detained at the Pasay City jail, after his wife made the appeal for humanitarian reasons.

"We found it prudent to relay your request to all members of the Blue Ribbon Committee for their comments before any decision on the matter may be made public by the Committee," Gordon told Summer Ong, Linconn's wife, in a letter dated Feb. 17. A copy of the letter was made available to members of the media on Friday.

He said this in response to Summer's letter seeking release of her husband, whom she said was "forcibly taken" by the Senate from her and their two-year old child.

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