Picture of Alice Guo or Guo Hua Ping while in her detention in Indonesia at about 5:34 a.m. Courtesy of the PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
MANILA, Philippines – The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) has confirmed the existence of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s “doppelgangers” or lookalikes.
PAOCC spokesperson Winston Casio made the revelation on Sunday when asked about reports that Guo, or Guo Hua Ping, herself admitted that she has a lot of “lookalikes” among her personnel.
“Yeah,” Casio said in a press conference after he was asked if the reports were true.
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“Humingi naman na ako ng despensa sa nangyaring ganon, we’re just following all leads eh,” he added.
(I already asked for forgiveness about what happened. We are just following leads.)
Casio explained that PAOCC is simply implementing a mission order or a legal document to go after Guo.
“That was done in good faith […] talagang marami siyang kamukha,” he added.
(She has a lot of lookalikes.)
Casio only revealed that he fell victim to one of Guo’s lookalikes but did not reveal when this circumstance occurred.
In answering the question of Guo planned to have these lookalikes, Casio said: “Well we’ll have to ask her.”
On September 4, Guo was arrested in Indonesia. She returned to the Philippines last September 6.
Earlier, the former mayor’s companions – Shiela and Cassandra Ong – were also arrested in Indonesia and deported back to the country.
Guo, along with others, is facing a qualified human trafficking complaint filed by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the PAOCC before the Department of Justice last June 21.