According to a report by VALO2ASIA, Bernard Chong – the owner of Bren Esports – has been cleared of drug smuggling charges by a court ruling.
The Manila Regional Trial Court had previously implicated Chong in a drug smuggling operation at the Manila International Container Port, issuing a warrant for his arrest. However, the recent court ruling has now overturned this decision, clearing Chong of all charges.
The news follows his filing of a Petition for Certiorari on July 1, 2022. In the petition, Chong argued that the Manila court had acted inappropriately and without proper authority by unjustly pursuing criminal charges against him.
“The petition is meritorious,” Associate Justice Bonifacio Pascua stated. “In the Court’s power of judicial review, it is incumbent on the Court to ease the burden of the trial court in zeroing on the real culprits so that the latter may be brought to the face the dictates of criminal justice.”
Following this, all criminal charges of drug smuggling against Bernard Chong were removed.
Bren Esports is a Multi-gaming Organization based in the Philippines. The org currently fields, or has fielded in the past, competitive teams in popular esports titles like Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, CS:GO, PUBG, League of Legends, Overwatch, and Valorant. They rose to fame by being the first Filipino team to secure the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang world championship title back in 2021.
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