Shiela Leal Guo, "sister" of former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, made her first appearance at the Senate hearing Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau

MANILA (UPDATED) — Shiela Guo, who the public thought was a sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, Is not actually related to her by blood, a Senate panel found Tuesday.

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During her appearance at the Senate subcommittee on Justice investigating Alice's escape from the Philippines, Shiela revealed that they are not actually related.

"Si Alice hindi mo sya tunay na kapatid?" Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian asked.

"Hindi po," Shiela replied.

During the hearing, Shiela admitted that she was actually a Chinese citizen who came to the Philippines when she was 16 or 17 to work in an embroidery business upon the orders of her "father."

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She said that Jian Zhong Guo, Alice's father, was only her foster father in the Philippines. Shiela added that she was born in China and her mother is currently living there.

"Hindi ako dito pinanganak. Sa China ako pinanganak," Shiela said.

According to Shiela, she was told upon arriving in the Philippines that Alice is her sister and she has lived according to that.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) earlier said that Shiela Guo is actually a Chinese national named Zhang Mier based on her Chinese passport.

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All her Philippine documents, including her birth certificate and passport, were all provided to her by her "father."

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