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Alice Guo back in Senate for POGO hearing

Alice Guo back in Senate for POGO hearing

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Updated Sep 17, 2024 07:07 PM PHT

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Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo arrives at the Senate on Sept. 17, 2024 wearing a mask, a bulletproof vest and a helmet. Victoria Tulad, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — Former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has arrived at the Senate for the continuation on the inquiry into illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs).

The minibus carrying Guo was part of a convoy that left the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame at 7:51 this morning.

Judge Elena Amigo-Amano of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 282 in Valenzuela earlier allowed Guo to testify in Tuesday’s hearing and ordered the Philippine National Police to secure the dismissed mayor.

The curious case of Guo, 33, who was elected mayor of Bamban, Tarlac in 2022, started in March 13, 2024 after a police raid in her small town over reports of trafficking and torture of foreign nationals uncovered one of the biggest illegal offshore gaming operations in the country.

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At least 400 people of different nationalities were arrested in the raid and later deported.

Subsequent government investigations would later raise alarming questions about Guo — that her birth was only registered when she was 17, that she had the same fingerprints as Chinese national  and, most crucially, that she had applied for multiple clearances for Baofu Land Development Inc before supposedly divesting from the company to enter local politics.

A Bureau of Immigration report later revealed Guo had slipped past immigration checks and fled, first to Singapore and then Indonesia, last month.

Guo was arrested in Indonesia last September 3 and flown back to the Philippines 2 days later.

This will be the second time Guo attends the hearing of the of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality since her arrest.

In the last hearing, Guo refused to publicly name an individual who had facilitated her escape attempt from the Philippines, but was ultimately convinced by senators to write the name on a piece of paper on September 9.

Sen. Joel Villanueva later said he believes Wu Duanren, a Chinese executive of Whirlwind Corporation, is the big boss of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country. — with a report from Raya Capulong, ABS-CBN News



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