ALICE GUO NO LONGER IN PH – HONTIVEROS

BAMBAN Mayor Alice Guo is no longer in the Philippines, Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday revealed.

She said that Guo, who was also identified as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, had left the country on July 18.

“I am now in receipt of information that in fact this person was already out of the country on July 18, 2024 to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ipapakita ko po ang dokumentong ito, bilang patunay na pumasok sa Malaysia si Alice Guo.  Siya po ay pumasok ng 12:17:13 military time ng July 18,” Hontiveros said in a privilege speech during Senate’s session.

Hontiveros said Guo used her Philippine passport to leave the country.

The senator’s sources told her  that after going to Malaysia, Guo went to Singapore to meet her father Guo Jian Zhong, mother Lin Wen Yi, her brother Wesley Ong and Cassandra Ong, the named representative of the raided POGO hub in Porac, Pampanga Lucky South 99.

The female senator said Guo cannot leave the country if not for the help from government officials.

Meanwhile, Justice spokesperson Mico Clavano said the Department of Justice (DOJ) did not receive any report of departure from the Bureau of Immigration (BI).

“As far as we know, Mayor Guo is still in the country,” he said in a message to reporters.

The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) also confirmed that Guo is already out of the country based on immigration records of their foreign counterparts.

According to PAOCC spokesman Winston Casio, Guo arrived in Indonesia on Aug. 18.

Casio said Guo arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 18 from Denpasar, Indonesia via Batik Air 177.

The dismissed Bamban mayor arrived in Singapore from Kuala Lumpur via Jetstar Asia 686 on July 21.

On August 18, Guo arrived in Batham, Indonesia from Singapore via ferry boat.

Clavano said if indeed the Guo has left the country, a thorough investigation is needed to hold those responsible accountable.