Bersamin orders cancellation of Alice Guo, family’s passports

MANILA, Philippines — Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Justice to cancel the passports of embattled Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and her family.

In a memorandum signed by Bersamin on Tuesday, the executive secretary cited reports of Guo fleeing the country using her Philippine passport to Malaysia and then meeting her family in Singapore, before traveling to Indonesia.

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Besides Alice Guo’s passport, Bersamin also ordered the cancellation of Wesley Leal Guo, Sheila Leal Guo, and Cassandra Ong’s passports.

“Given the foregoing and in the interest of justice, this Office hereby directs that appropriate action be taken for the cancellation of the Philippine passports of Guo, her family, and Ong,” the order read.

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