House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman and Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga confirmed on Tuesday afternoon, March 28 that the panel has lifted the contempt order on two cold storage company officials. The duo, Michael Ang and George Ong, director and general manager, respectively, of Super 5, have been detained at the House of Representatives in Batasan Complex, Quezon City since March 21. "The Committee on Agriculture and Food, having received required documents and assured willingness to cooperate in the succeeding hearings, unanimously acted on the lifting of contempt order of Mr. Michael King Ang and Mr. George Ong," Enverga said in a message to House reporters. Earlier Tuesday, the panel held a Zoom meeting to hear the appeal of Ang and Ong for the lifting of the contempt order. The subsequent lifting of the order facilitates the release of the two. On the evening of March 21, the Enverga panel cited the Super 5 officials in contempt during the its inquiry on the agricultural hoarding-slash-price manipulation issue. The two--invited as resource persons in the panel investigation--were caught lying about their business during the hearing, prodding an attending congressman to cite them in contempt. Enverga's original order was for Ang and Ong to be detained for 10 days. The panel inquiry was launched in early February as a way to find out what triggered the absurd price spike on onions during the last quarter of 2022. Past hearings have given solons clues as to who these cold storage facilities influence the price of onions and other agricultural goods. The panel had previously cited in contempt Argo President and General Manager Efren Zoleta Jr., Operation Manager John Patrick Sevilla, and lawyer Ryan Jan Cruz in the ongoing probe. Argo is also a cold storage facility. The committee is expected to schedule another hearing on the matter even during the solons' six-week summer recess.