Ex-Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, or Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, was arrested in Tangerang City in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 4, 2024 at around 1:30 a.m., according to the Bureau of Immigration. She is currently in custody of the Indonesian Police at Jatanras Mabes Polri. (Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Immigtration)
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said they are targeting to bring dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo back to the country on Wednesday, or just several hours after her arrest in Indonesia.
PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said national police chief General Rommel Marbil and Interior chief Benjamin Abalos Jr. want the former mayor, whose real name is Guo Hua Ping, to return to the country as soon as possible.
“The intention of the SILG and the chief PNP is, within the day, we can get the custody of Alice Guo,” Fajardo said in a press briefing.
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Fajardo said Guo may be fetched by Marbil and Abalos themselves.
“We have two options, whether the police attache will escort [Guo] or it would be the SILG and the chief PNP who will travel to Indonesia to fetch Guo,” she said.
PNP will turn over Guo to the Senate sergeant-at-arms upon her expected return to the country as she is a subject of the upper chamber’s arrest warrant, according to Fajardo.
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Guo was arrested by Indonesian authorities early Wednesday morning in a hotel in the capital Jakarta.
Sheila Guo, who was initially identified as Alice’s sister, and business associate Cassandra Li Ong were arrested last month and are now detained in the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively.
Sheila said she and Alice left the Philippines by boat.
The former mayor has been the subject of scrutiny over her alleged ties to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator firms in Bamban.