As Philippines targets more Pogo figures, can Marcos regain public trust?

The move came just days after Guo, a central figure linked to the Pogos sector, was sentenced to life imprisonment for human trafficking.

While Filipinos are likely to support further moves to target individuals linked to Pogos, they are more concerned about the huge sums purportedly siphoned from flood-control projects, analysts say.

Roque and Ong face trafficking charges in connection with Lucky South 99, a Pogos-linked compound, where authorities rescued nearly 200 workers in a raid last year and discovered evidence of torture, human trafficking and scam operations.

The raid took place amid a year-long government crackdown on the now-prohibited Pogos, which flourished during the previous Duterte administration.