Maricel Soriano denies drug links, knowledge of PDEA documents

Actress Maricel Soriano has denied any knowledge of the supposedly leaked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) documents linking her and President Marcos to illegal drugs.

- CECILLE SUERTE FELIPE

During yesterday’s public hearing on the investigation on the so-called PDEA leaks by the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs, its chairman Sen. Ronald dela Rosa asked Soriano about the documents that were exposed by a vlogger and went viral.

“In the viral documents that are associated with your name, do you think there is truth in the documents?” Dela Rosa asked Soriano.

Soriano replied: “First of all, I don’t know about the documents. I only knew about that when it was shown to me because I don’t read such things. Ah, I don’t know anything.”

Clad in a white dress, the veteran actress admitted she was nervous being in the Senate premises for the first time.

Dela Rosa asked Soriano: “Are you the owner of unit 46-C Rizal Tower located at Rockwell Barangay Poblacion, Makati City?”

“Yes, until 2012. I had already sold it. I am no longer there,” Soriano answered.

Dela Rosa noted that whistle-blower and former PDEA agent Jonathan Morales’ pre-operations document covered the time of the sale of the unit.