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Mayor Alice Guo insists she is not Hua Ping Guo

Mayor Alice Guo insists she is not Hua Ping Guo

Victoria Tulad,

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Jun 20, 2024 08:05 AM PHT

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Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/FileBamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

MANILA -- Embattled Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has denied that she is the Chinese national Hua Ping Guo, as alleged by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.

In a statement, Guo’s camp says she does not know anything about the documents Gatchalian is pertaining to.

“Ayon kay Mayor Guo, ang kanyang tunay na ina ay si Amelia Leal at ang kanyang totoong pangalan ay Alice Leal Guo na nakasaad  sa kanyang birth certificate at hindi Guo Hua Ping na ibinibintang ni Senator Gatchalian,” the statement read.

(According to Mayor Guo, Amelia Leal is her real mother and her real name is Alice Leal Guo which is stated in her birth certificate, not Guo Hua Ping as alleged by Senator Gatchalian.)

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Atty. Stephen David, Guo’s lawyer, said they can prove that the accusations against her are false.

“Kung totoong mayroon siyang Chinese passport, hindi na niya kailangan kumuha ng Chinese visa kasi ‘yung kanyang Chinese passport eh valid ‘yun sa China,” David said on Teleradyo Serbisyo. “Kung ano man ‘tong pinalalabas nila…harapin natin sa husgado ‘yan.”

(If she really has a Chinese passport, she does not need to get a Chinese visa because her passport is valid in China. Whatever this is they have…let us face in court.)

David said they are studying whether to file a case against those who publicize documents related to the Mayor, such as her Statement of Assets Liabilities and net worth or SALN which, he said, is against the Data Privacy Law.

HUA PING GUO



On Tuesday, Gatchalian gave out a copy to the media of the Chinese passport of Hua Ping Guo and her Special Investors Resident Visa (SIRV).

Based on these documents from the Board of Investments (BOI) and Bureau of Immigration (BI), Hua Ping entered the Philippines on January 12, 2003 when she was 13 years old.

She was born on August 31, 1990 to Wen Yi Lin.

Lin is the alleged romantic partner and business partner of Guo’s father.

Gatchalian is convinced the Mayor and Hua Ping are one, because they look the same.

“Tignan niyo lang ‘yung picture ni Guo Hua Ping, yung similarities ‘di natin matatanggal eh. Talagang hawig na hawig at kamukhang kamukha niya ‘yung bata doon sa Special Investors Resident Visa,” Gatchalian said in a press conference.

(Just look at the picture of Guo Hua Ping, you cannot deny the similarities. She really looks like the kid on the Special Investors Resident Visa (SIRV).)

The picture of Guo in the SIRV is allegedly of hers at 13 years old.

Gatchalian also cited that Wen Yi Lin is the mother of Hua Ping. The Senator previously alleged that Lin was introduced to some residents of Valenzuela as Guo’s mother.

The address of Lin in the SIRV and incorporation papers of the companies owned by the family of Guo is also allegedly the same.

According to Gatchalian, Guo could not narrate her childhood because she did not grow up in the Philippines.

If the identity of Hua Ping Guo is proven, Gatchalian believes the quo warranto case against Mayor Guo will be bolstered.

“Kung titingnan yung buong picture, nalusutan tayo, isang pekeng Pilipino na nakatakbo bilang Mayor at kung hindi pa natin na-detect to puwedeng maging Congressman, Governor,” Gatchalian said in a Teleradyo Serbisyo interview.

(If you look at the entire picture, someone got through us, a fake Filipino who was able to run as Mayor and if we were not able to detect it, she could have run as Congressman, Governor.)

BOI, BI CONFIRM DOCS

BI confirmed that the documents presented by Gatchalian came from them, but it refused to answer if Alice Guo and Hua Ping Guo are the same.

It also did not say if Guo has both Philippine and Chinese passports.

“I don’t want to preempt the results of the investigation,” Dana Sandoval, BI Spokesperson, said.

BOI could also not say if the two are the same.

“We are not the proper agency to determine kung one and the same sila (if they are one and the same) since we do not have a record ni (of) Mayor Alice,” Ryan Ramos, Director of BOI’s Incentives Administration Service said.

According to BOI, aside from Hua Ping, Wen Yi Lin has two other children. They all used SIRV from 1999 to 2011 to live in the Philippines.

Ramos explained that the program is designed to attract foreign investments.

“The program requires na mga willing investors (willing investors) to remit at least 75,000 dollars into our country,” Ramos said. “The visa will grant them indefinite stay.”

He also assured this visa is not being abused. “We strictly monitor yung investment nila (their investment) so they have to submit yearly a sworn report about their investments.”

According to BI, it will still have to determine if Lin is using a Special Retirees Resident Visa to stay in the Philippines. For now, the agency says she has left the country.

In the past two years, BI has apprehended 10 foreign nationals who allegedly have original Philippine documents.

Sandoval said they need the help of other government agencies to solve this problem.

“Nakakabahala kasi maaring magpanggap ang mga foreign nationals na may malicious intent dito sa Pilipinas na mga Pilipino at ma-embed nila ang kanilang mga sarili dito po sa ating bansa. There are illegal aliens na nahuhuli natin that have been operating businesses here in the country by pretending to be Filipinos and they have several Philippine documents.

(It is worrisome because foreign nationals with malicious intent can pretend to be Filipinos and embed themselves in our country. There are illegal aliens whom we have apprehended that have been operating businesses here in the country by pretending to be Filipinos and they have several Philippine documents.)

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