Sen. Win Gatchalian (L) and Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. | PHOTOS: Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau and INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines— It is possible that suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo had already left the country using her Chinese passport.
This possibility was raised on Wednesday by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.
“Sa mga infotmation namin sa Bureau of Immigration ay nandito pa sya dahil cheneck namin kung si Guo Hua Ping ay umalis na ng Pilipinas, wala naman silang nakitang ganun na record so far,” Gatchalian said over Radyo 630.
(Based on our information from the Bureau of Immigration is that she’s still here because we checked if Guo Hua Ping has already left the Philippines, but they haven’t found such a record so far)
“So kung dadaan sya sa ating mga airport, at dadaan sya sa seaport, made-detect sya. Pero alam naman natin na meron pang ibang paraan para makatakas,” he said.
The National Bureau of Investigation has already confirmed that Guo and Chinese passport holder Guo Hua Ping are the same.
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Gatchalian claimed last month that Guo was using Chinese and Philippine passports from 2008 to 2011.
This time, however, the senator expressed belief that the suspended mayor still uses her Chinese passport.
“Ako kasi naniniwala ako na yung kanyang Chinese passport, nandyan pa e,” Gatchalian said.
(I believe her Chinese passport is still there.)
“Naniniwala ako na meron syang Filipino passport , na meron syang Chinese passport. Baka lang ginamit nya yung kanyang Chinese passport para makaalis,” he added.
(I believe that she has a Filipino passport, that she has a Chinese passport. Maybe she used her Chinese passport to leave.)
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But Guo’s lawyer, Stephen David, has repeatedly said the suspended mayor remains in the Philippines.
Guo was ordered arrested by the Senate last July 13 for her repeated failure to attend the past hearings of the committee on women.
She has been the subject of the panel’s probe after authorities found evidence linking her to a raided Philippine offshore gaming operator in Bamban, Tarlac.