Former Bamban mayor Alice Guo attends during the House Quad Comm hearing into Illegal POGOs, illegal drugs, and alleged EJKs during the Duterte administration in Quezon City on September 19, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file 

MANILA — The self-confessed Chinese spy who claimed that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is a fellow agent of China has been transferred to another prison and is now unreachable, according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros. 

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Hontiveros stressed the urgent need for the Philippine government to talk to She Zhijiang who was imprisoned in Thailand. 

“Mukhang kailangan natin kumilos agad para makausap ang suspected Chinese spy na si She Zhijiang, at mabunyag ang impormasyon niya ukol kay Guo Hua Ping at sa mga kasabwat nito,” Hontiveros said in a statement on Thursday. 

“We have learned from media sources that She — who is charged with illegally operating a casino — is currently unreachable and has been moved to a different prison facility.” 

Hontiveros did not say where She was transferred. 

Media outfit Al Jazeera recently came out with a documentary where She was interviewed and made the allegation on Guo whose real name is believed to be Guo Hua Ping. 

“Kung hindi agarang kikilos ang pamahalaan, mawawalan tayo ng pagkakataon na pag-aralan ang impormasyon na hawak ni She, lalo na sa koneksyon ni Guo Hua Ping, at ng iba pang indibidwal, sa Ministry of State Security, o ang intelligence at secret police agency ng Tsina,” Hontiveros continued. 

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“I am holding the Department of Foreign Affairs to its commitment during the latest Senate hearing that it is urgently exhausting all diplomatic and legal channels to allow Philippine officials, with permission by Thai authorities, to communicate with She.”

The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, which Hontiveros chairs, is expected to end its hearings on Guo and Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) soon. She’s allegations will be further discussed in the last hearing. 

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“Given the possible serious implications to our national security of She's claims, failure is not an option here. We must protect our citizens both against criminals preying on women, children and other vulnerable persons, and foreign spies working to compromise our nation's safety,” Hontiveros said.

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