MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sen. Vicente Sotto III downplayed on Wednesday reports that they will be included in the next batch of respondents, which the justice department will soon file in connection with the pork barrel find scam. Sotto said he does not care whether he will be implicated in any pork barrel-related complaint in the near future because he believes that he has not misused his allocations. He also denied having any dealings with new prospective government witness Ruby Tuason, adding that the issue has gone out of proportion and that many innocent personalities have been dragged into the controversy. Sotto reiterated that he did not misappropriate his Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) in 2012.

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Siegfred B. Mison encouraged foreign nationals currently held at the BI Warden Facility (BIWF) to identify immigration personnel who are allegedly involved in irregular or illegal behavior. Mison urged members of the “Foreigners for Justice” to come out and identify the jail guards and personnel allegedly involved in extortion, cruelty, and brutality, assigned at the BIWF in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. “Please give us the details so that the alleged erring bureau personnel will be dealt with accordingly,” Mison asked the members of the group. As of last December, there are about 168 foreign nationals temporarily held at the BI Warden Facility (BIWF). Topping the list of jailed foreigners are the Taiwanese with 44 detainees, the Chinese with 33; Koreans, 18; 16 Americans; and 10 Indians. The members of the “Foreigners for Justice” allege the reasons why they are afcing deportation is that BI officials denied them due process of law.