TRAVEL DOCUMENT This image from the Facebook page of Sen. Risa Hontiveros shows the Philippine passport of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her travel details to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hontiveros on Monday said Guo, who was linked to a raided Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo) hub in her town, left the country on July 18.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government has reported the passports of Alice Guo, her siblings, and business associate Cassandra Ong to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) for “appropriate action.”
Sen. Risa Hontiveros bared this in a Kapihan sa Senado forum on Wednesday, saying that she was informed about the matter by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) .
“So batay sa information ko mula sa DFA, the Philippine passports of the aforementioned individuals -– sina [Alice Guo o] Guo Hua Ping, ang mga kapatid niyang sina Sheila, Wesley Leal Guo, at si Cassandra Ong — the Philippine passports of [these] individuals have also been reported to the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime Interpol for their appropriate action,” said Hontiveros.
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(So based on my information from the DFA, the Philippine passports of the aforementioned individuals – [Alice Guo or] Guo Hua Ping, her siblings Sheila, Wesley Leal Guo, and Cassandra Ong — the Philippine passports of [these] individuals have also been reported to the Philippine Center for Transnational Crime Interpol for their appropriate action.)
With this, the senator said the Interpol, particularly its Philippine component — Philippine Center on Transnational Crime – can now decide on the “appropriate actions” that it may take.
This includes the decision on whether Guo and the others will be included in the organization’s blue or red list.
“Pumasok na rin ito sa atensyon nila bilang kaugnay ng issue ng transnational crime. So malinaw na ‘yung pagkatao nina Guo Hua Ping at ‘yung tatlo pa ay of interest sa kanila — sa Interpol dahil kasabwat sila o iniimbestiga at subject yung isa sa kanila ng warrant of arrest ng Senate in relation to transnational crimes in relation to Pogos in the Philippines,” said Hontiveros.
(It has also come to their attention as related to the issue of transnational crime. So it is clear that the personality of Guo Hua Ping and the other three are of interest to them – to Interpol because they are accomplices or are being investigated and one of them is the subject of an arrest warrant of the Senate in relation to transnational crimes… to Pogos in the Philippines.)
In the end, Hontiveros noted that Guo and her alleged cohorts’ world has further shrunk, especially now that even an international agency has been notified about their alleged crimes.
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It was Hontiverso who initially disclosed that Guo had left the country in July.
Guo is under scrutiny after the Senate panel on women revealed her alleged ties to the illegal Pogo firm Zun Yuan Technology Inc. in Bamban, Tarlac.
Questions about her citizenship were also raised, leading to allegations that she is a Chinese spy—a claim she vehemently denied.