FORMER Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent Jonathan Morales stood by his claim at Tuesday's Senate committee hearing that he recommended the surveillance of then-senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in 2012 for cocaine use, but his higher-ups ordered him to abort the operation.

Morales' orders were in the form of a "pre-operation report" and "authority to operate," dated March 11, 2012, against "Bongbong Marcos @ Bonget and some unidentified male and female cohorts."

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