Sherwin Gatchalian and Alice Guo
MANILA, Philippines — With her arrest, dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo should now identify her accomplices and those helping her in government when she faces the Senate.
This is according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian shortly after Guo’s arrest in Indonesia this Wednesday was confirmed by Philippine authorities.
Gatchalian thanked Indonesian authorities and the National Bureau of Investigation for their swift action in arresting Guo and her associates.
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“Dahil nahuli na siya, dapat managot siya sa mga kasong isinampa laban sa kanya kagaya ng human trafficking, money laundering, quo warranto, paglabag sa utos ng Senado at iba pa. Importante na siya mismo ang managot dito sa ating bansa,” the senator said in a statement.
(Now that she has been apprehended, she must be held accountable for the charges filed against her, such as human trafficking, money laundering, quo warranto, violation of Senate orders, and others. She must face justice here in our country)
“Pagkatapos ma process siya ng NBI at BI (Bureau of Immigration), dapat din dalhin siya sa Senado dahil ang Senado lamang ang may outstanding arrest order laban sa kanya,” he said.
(After the NBI and BI process her, she should also be brought to the Senate, as only the Senate has an outstanding arrest order against her.)
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The Senate has ordered Guo’s arrest for her repeated failure to face the committee on women’s investigation into her alleged ties to Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) in her town.
“Dapat din niyang sabihin kung sino sino ang kanyang mga kasama sa mga criminal activities niya sa Bamban at sino sino ang mga tumutulong sa kanya na na sa gobyerno. Gusto namin ng eksaktong mga pangalan para masampahan din ng kaso ang mga iyon,” Gatchalian continued.
(She must also disclose the identities of her accomplices in the criminal activities in Bamban and those helping her within the government. We want the exact names so that cases can also be filed against them.)
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Guo was arrested at 11;58 pm on Tuesday in Tangerang City, Jakarta, Indonesia.
She is currently in the custody of the Indonesian Police at Jatanras Mabes Polri, the DOJ added, citing information from Indonesian immigration.
It was just last month when Shiela Guo, who was earlier identified as the dismissed mayor’s sister, was arrested in Indonesia, along with the latter’s alleged business partner, Cassandra Ong.
Shiela and Ong are currently detained respectively in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, which are separately conducting investigations into their alleged links to Pogos.