MANILA — Former "Pinoy Big Brother" housemate Carolyn Batay, also known as Carol Batay, attended the Senate inquiry into illegal offshore gaming hubs on Tuesday with a vital task: serving as the hearing's Chinese interpreter.

Tuesday's hearing was attended by businessman Michael Yang's brother,  Tony Yang, who claimed he needed an interpreter because he supposedly cannot speak Filipino, English, or Bisaya.

The former "PBB" housemate's English translations of Tony's Chinese statements helped the senators communicate with him, as the chamber enters the final stretch of its investigation.

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Batay first attended the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality's hearing into POGOs in May, during which she posted on Instagram expressing her disbelief at being invited as an interpreter.

"From TV shows to international events to Senate hearings. Finally making it here. Thank you, Lord, you never fail to amaze me," she captioned her May 22 post.

At the time, Batay did a live interpretation of Fookien sentences spoken by dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, also known by her alleged Chinese name Guo Hua Ping. 

The disgraced former mayor is facing graft, money laundering, and qualified human trafficking charges. She is also facing questions on her citizenship, with the National Bureau of Investigation saying she has the same fingerprints as a Chinese national.

In 2009, Batay joined the reality TV show "PBB" during its "Double Up" edition, where Melai Cantiveros and Jason Francisco were among her housemates. 

Batay was the 6th housemate to be evicted from the ABS-CBN show.

According to her  YouTube account, Batay belongs to the third generation of Chinese people who migrated to the Philippines, where she was born and raised.

After her stint on the TV show, the Filipino-Chinese went on to become an events host, Chinese interpreter, and language instructor.

"When things get stressful, I barely have time to teach students personally so I decided to come up with this channel to reach out to more students, not only in the Philippines, but hopefully all over the world," she wrote on her YouTube account.