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Guo had up to 6 foreign 'supporters', hid at monk’s house: Indonesian official
Guo had up to 6 foreign 'supporters', hid at monk’s house: Indonesian official
Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo is presented to the media inside a room at the Royal Star Aviation hangar in Pasay City shortly after her arrival on Sept. 6, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News
Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo is presented to the media inside a room at the Royal Star Aviation hangar in Pasay City shortly after her arrival on Sept. 6, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News MANILA – Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo had up to 6 foreign "supporters" and hid at a monk’s house before her arrest in Indonesia this week, an International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) official said Friday.
MANILA – Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo had up to 6 foreign "supporters" and hid at a monk’s house before her arrest in Indonesia this week, an International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) official said Friday.
A female monk had offered Guo sanctuary at a house in Tangerang City, said the head of the Interpol in Indonesia, Inspector General Krisha Murti.
He said Guo’s foreign "supporters" included 5 Chinese and an Indonesian. They handled all her needs, including her online transactions, he said.
"Some supporters...know nothing about Alice Guo, said they only support her, like renting a car, paying the hotel... They transfer money from [another] country," Murti said.
A female monk had offered Guo sanctuary at a house in Tangerang City, said the head of the Interpol in Indonesia, Inspector General Krisha Murti.
He said Guo’s foreign "supporters" included 5 Chinese and an Indonesian. They handled all her needs, including her online transactions, he said.
"Some supporters...know nothing about Alice Guo, said they only support her, like renting a car, paying the hotel... They transfer money from [another] country," Murti said.
He said Guo’s foreign "supporters" included 5 Chinese and an Indonesian. They handled all her needs, including her online transactions, he said.
"Some supporters...know nothing about Alice Guo, said they only support her, like renting a car, paying the hotel... They transfer money from [another] country," Murti said.
He said under this "business" transaction, Guo gave money to her cohorts for car rental, food, SIM card, and hotel bills.
He said under this "business" transaction, Guo gave money to her cohorts for car rental, food, SIM card, and hotel bills.
The official noted that Guo entered Indonesia from Singapore "legally" without any red notice.
The official noted that Guo entered Indonesia from Singapore "legally" without any red notice.
"So she was like an ordinary person from overseas country coming to Indonesia," he said.
"So she was like an ordinary person from overseas country coming to Indonesia," he said.
But Indonesia authorities received information from their Philippine counterparts on Guo and her companions, which later led to the arrest of her reported sister Shiela and gambling hub representative Cassandra Ong.
But Indonesia authorities received information from their Philippine counterparts on Guo and her companions, which later led to the arrest of her reported sister Shiela and gambling hub representative Cassandra Ong.
Guo was not with Shiela and Ong at that time and it took "tough work" to find her, he added.
He said authorities had to sift through intelligence reports and surveillance footage to find Guo.
Guo was not with Shiela and Ong at that time and it took "tough work" to find her, he added.
He said authorities had to sift through intelligence reports and surveillance footage to find Guo.
The Indonesian official clarified that there was no deal to swap Guo for Gregor Johann Haas, an Australian man wanted by Jakarta for drug trafficking charges and who was arrested in the Philippines.
The Indonesian official clarified that there was no deal to swap Guo for Gregor Johann Haas, an Australian man wanted by Jakarta for drug trafficking charges and who was arrested in the Philippines.
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Guo had been on the run since she was linked to a Chinese-run online gambling center where hundreds of people were forced to run scams or risk torture. Following her arrest in Indonesia on Tuesday, she returned to the Philippines at around 1:30 a.m. on Friday.
Guo had been on the run since she was linked to a Chinese-run online gambling center where hundreds of people were forced to run scams or risk torture. Following her arrest in Indonesia on Tuesday, she returned to the Philippines at around 1:30 a.m. on Friday.
Guo is now in the custody of the Philippines National Police.
Guo is now in the custody of the Philippines National Police.
Alice Guo back in Crame after facing Tarlac court
She faces charges of graft, money laundering and human trafficking in relation to the scam-farm raid in Bamban.
Guo is also wanted by the Philippine Senate for refusing to attend hearings on her alleged ties to scam-farm operations in Bamban.
• No cellphone, no aircon: PNP says no special treatment for Alice Guo
Alice Guo back in Crame after facing Tarlac court
She faces charges of graft, money laundering and human trafficking in relation to the scam-farm raid in Bamban.
Guo is also wanted by the Philippine Senate for refusing to attend hearings on her alleged ties to scam-farm operations in Bamban.
• No cellphone, no aircon: PNP says no special treatment for Alice Guo
She faces charges of graft, money laundering and human trafficking in relation to the scam-farm raid in Bamban.
Guo is also wanted by the Philippine Senate for refusing to attend hearings on her alleged ties to scam-farm operations in Bamban.
• No cellphone, no aircon: PNP says no special treatment for Alice Guo
– With a report from Agence France-Presse
– With a report from Agence France-Presse
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