February 26, 2021
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The Commission of Inquiry reconvened today for its second session which went for about three hours. Eight witnesses were called before the Commission but only seven gave testimonies.
The Commission of Inquiry reconvened today for its second session which went for about three hours. Eight witnesses were called before the Commission but only seven gave testimonies. The first witness in the hot seat was the former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources, Hugo Patt. Patt was questioned on a possible link between distribution of lands to businessman Zhou Rong Kevin Li and the purchase of his government-assigned 2020 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. The former DPM was assigned the vehicle in February 2020 and just prior to the general elections on November 11, the brand-new vehicle had been sol