TIMELINE: Alice Guo's secret escape from PH and arrest in Indonesia

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

ABS-CBN News

<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1725424737789ede82d53504e9abc77682f9d456630e8cc81b7d3e4a930feea17b36e6e0d1620.jpg" style="width: 950px; text-align: center;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo after her arrest in Indonesia on Sept. 3, 2024. Photo from the Philippine National PoliceMANILA &mdash; Indonesian authorities on Tuesday finally arrested dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, who was able to flee the Philippines in July undetected&mdash;until it was reported by a senator a month later.<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/3/alice-guo-arrested-in-indonesia-740">&bull; Alice Guo arrested in Indonesia</a>Here are the key dates of Alice Guo&#39;s stealthy escape from the Philippines, from her last public appearance and her eventual arrest in Indonesia: &nbsp;&bull; May 22 - Guo was last seen publicly on this date when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Women&#39;s probe into illegal POGOs.<span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">&bull; May to July&nbsp;- During this period, Guo was suspended and later dismissed from office and slapped with several complaints. Speculations surfaced that she was already out of the country, but her lawyer assured the public that she was still in the Philippines.&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&bull; First week of July -&nbsp;Guo and her supposed siblings Wesley and Shiela &mdash; she has <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/27/shiela-guo-admits-alice-is-not-actually-her-sister-1524">since confirmed that she is a Chinese national and not related to Alice</a> &mdash; supposedly escaped the Philippines during this period, according to the latter&#39;s testimony at the Senate. Shiela said that they were picked up by a van after dinner, travelled to an unidentified port, and boarded several boats until they reached Malaysia after days of sea travel.<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/27/anyare-sa-intel-funds-senator-confronts-pnp-nbi-bi-over-alice-guo-escape-1340">&bull; Anyare sa intel funds?: Senator confronts PNP, NBI, BI over Alice Guo escape</a>&bull; July 18 - Guo and her companions allegedly entered Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on this date.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&bull; July 21 -&nbsp;Guo boarded a Jetstar Asia Airways flight and landed in Singapore where she allegedly stayed for nearly a month, ABS-CBN News sources said. The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) also shared a photo of an Alice Guo &quot;sighting&quot; at a Kuala Lumpur airport during this date.Aug. 18 -&nbsp;Alice and Shiela Guo, along with Cassandra Li Ong leave Singapore for<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/20/doj-orders-probe-on-alleged-guo-escape-eyes-sanctions-1243">&nbsp;Batam, Indonesia</a> via ferry to meet Wesley there.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&bull; Aug. 19 -&nbsp;Sen. Risa Hontiveros dropped the bombshell that Alice Guo and her siblings <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/19/guo-has-left-philippines-says-hontiveros-1534">have escaped the Philippines</a>. The Department of Justice and Bureau of Immigration initially denied Hontiveros&#39; claim. Guo&#39;s lawyer Stephen David also said she was <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/4/coa-flags-deped-s-p12-3-billion-disallowances-suspensions-and-charges-1147">still in the Philippines</a>, citing their alleged conversation.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Aug. 20 -&nbsp;Shiela Guo and Cassandra Ong were arrested in Batam, but the dismissed mayor and her brother Wesley were nowhere to be found.<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/22/how-indonesian-authorities-busted-alice-guo-s-sister-alleged-cohort-1506">&bull; How Indonesian authorities busted Alice Guo&#39;s sister, alleged cohort</a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Aug. 22 - Philippine authorities announced the apprehension of&nbsp;Shiela and Ong in Indonesia. They were deported to the Philippines on the same date.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&bull; Aug. 27 -&nbsp;Shiela faced the Senate justice panel and disclosed how they fled the Philippines via &quot;small boat.&quot; She also revealed that Alice is <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/27/shiela-guo-admits-alice-is-not-actually-her-sister-1524">not her biological sister</a>.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Aug. 30 -&nbsp;Government agencies filed<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/30/alice-guo-cassandra-ong-33-others-to-face-money-laundering-raps-1347">&nbsp;money laundering</a> charges against ex-mayor Guo, Ong, and the incorporators of several POGO firms.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Sept. 1 -&nbsp;Lawyer Stephen David said Guo &quot;wanted&quot; to <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/1/alice-guo-ready-to-surrender-but-fears-for-her-safety-lawyer-2159">surrender</a> but was fearing for her safety.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Sept. 3 -&nbsp;Alice Guo was arrested by Indonesian police at 11:58 p.m.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Sept. 4 -&nbsp;Philippine government announced Alice Guo&#39;s arrest by Indonesian authorities.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The National Bureau of Investigation in a press briefing said Guo may be flown back to the Philippines &quot;in the next few days.&quot;Sen. Risa Hontiveros said the Senate will take custody of Guo upon her return and will finally face the investigating panel she had repeatedly avoided.<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/4/senate-will-take-custody-of-alice-guo-upon-return-to-ph-hontiveros-1052">&bull; Senate to take custody of Alice Guo upon return to PH: Hontiveros</a>Her brother Wesley, who allegedly attempted to enter Hong Kong, has yet to be located.RELATED VIDEO<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h52F1NHw3qk?&wmode>=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe>Watch more News on iWantTFC.com. 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&bull; May 22 - Guo was last seen publicly on this date when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Women&#39;s probe into illegal POGOs.<span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">&bull; May to July&nbsp;- During this period, Guo was suspended and later dismissed from office and slapped with several complaints. Speculations surfaced that she was already out of the country, but her lawyer assured the public that she was still in the Philippines.&nbsp;<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&bull; First week of July -&nbsp;Guo and her supposed siblings Wesley and Shiela &mdash; she has <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/27/shiela-guo-admits-alice-is-not-actually-her-sister-1524">since confirmed that she is a Chinese national and not related to Alice</a> &mdash; supposedly escaped the Philippines during this period, according to the latter&#39;s testimony at the Senate. Shiela said that they were picked up by a van after dinner, travelled to an unidentified port, and boarded several boats until they reached Malaysia after days of sea travel.<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/27/anyare-sa-intel-funds-senator-confronts-pnp-nbi-bi-over-alice-guo-escape-1340">&bull; Anyare sa intel funds?: Senator confronts PNP, NBI, BI over Alice Guo escape</a>&bull; July 18 - Guo and her companions allegedly entered Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on this date.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&bull; July 21 -&nbsp;Guo boarded a Jetstar Asia Airways flight and landed in Singapore where she allegedly stayed for nearly a month, ABS-CBN News sources said. The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) also shared a photo of an Alice Guo &quot;sighting&quot; at a Kuala Lumpur airport during this date.Aug. 18 -&nbsp;Alice and Shiela Guo, along with Cassandra Li Ong leave Singapore for<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/20/doj-orders-probe-on-alleged-guo-escape-eyes-sanctions-1243">&nbsp;Batam, Indonesia</a> via ferry to meet Wesley there.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&bull; Aug. 19 -&nbsp;Sen. Risa Hontiveros dropped the bombshell that Alice Guo and her siblings <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/19/guo-has-left-philippines-says-hontiveros-1534">have escaped the Philippines</a>. The Department of Justice and Bureau of Immigration initially denied Hontiveros&#39; claim. Guo&#39;s lawyer Stephen David also said she was <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/4/coa-flags-deped-s-p12-3-billion-disallowances-suspensions-and-charges-1147">still in the Philippines</a>, citing their alleged conversation.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Aug. 20 -&nbsp;Shiela Guo and Cassandra Ong were arrested in Batam, but the dismissed mayor and her brother Wesley were nowhere to be found.<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/22/how-indonesian-authorities-busted-alice-guo-s-sister-alleged-cohort-1506">&bull; How Indonesian authorities busted Alice Guo&#39;s sister, alleged cohort</a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Aug. 22 - Philippine authorities announced the apprehension of&nbsp;Shiela and Ong in Indonesia. They were deported to the Philippines on the same date.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&bull; Aug. 27 -&nbsp;Shiela faced the Senate justice panel and disclosed how they fled the Philippines via &quot;small boat.&quot; She also revealed that Alice is <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/27/shiela-guo-admits-alice-is-not-actually-her-sister-1524">not her biological sister</a>.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Aug. 30 -&nbsp;Government agencies filed<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/30/alice-guo-cassandra-ong-33-others-to-face-money-laundering-raps-1347">&nbsp;money laundering</a> charges against ex-mayor Guo, Ong, and the incorporators of several POGO firms.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Sept. 1 -&nbsp;Lawyer Stephen David said Guo &quot;wanted&quot; to <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/1/alice-guo-ready-to-surrender-but-fears-for-her-safety-lawyer-2159">surrender</a> but was fearing for her safety.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Sept. 3 -&nbsp;Alice Guo was arrested by Indonesian police at 11:58 p.m.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&bull; Sept. 4 -&nbsp;Philippine government announced Alice Guo&#39;s arrest by Indonesian authorities.<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> The National Bureau of Investigation in a press briefing said Guo may be flown back to the Philippines &quot;in the next few days.&quot;Sen. Risa Hontiveros said the Senate will take custody of Guo upon her return and will finally face the investigating panel she had repeatedly avoided.<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/4/senate-will-take-custody-of-alice-guo-upon-return-to-ph-hontiveros-1052">&bull; Senate to take custody of Alice Guo upon return to PH: Hontiveros</a>Her brother Wesley, who allegedly attempted to enter Hong Kong, has yet to be located.RELATED VIDEO<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h52F1NHw3qk?&wmode>=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe>Watch more News on iWantTFC.com. 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<a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/3/alice-guo-arrested-in-indonesia-740">&bull; Alice Guo arrested in Indonesia</a>Here are the key dates of Alice Guo&#39;s stealthy escape from the Philippines, from her last public appearance and her eventual arrest in Indonesia: &nbsp;

<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1725424737789ede82d53504e9abc77682f9d456630e8cc81b7d3e4a930feea17b36e6e0d1620.jpg" style="width: 950px; text-align: center;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo after her arrest in Indonesia on Sept. 3, 2024. Photo from the Philippine National PoliceMANILA &mdash; Indonesian authorities on Tuesday finally arrested dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, who was able to flee the Philippines in July undetected&mdash;until it was reported by a senator a month later.

Here are the key dates of Alice Guo's stealthy escape from the Philippines, from her last public appearance and her eventual arrest in Indonesia.

Here are the key dates of Alice Guo's stealthy escape from the Philippines, from her last public appearance and her eventual arrest in Indonesia.

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TIMELINE: Alice Guo's secret escape from PH and arrest in Indonesia

TIMELINE: Alice Guo's secret escape from PH and arrest in Indonesia