Sister of dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo, Shiela Guo during the Senate hearing on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Noy Morcoso/INQUIRER.net FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — The custody of Shiela Guo, who was earlier identified as the sister of former mayor Alice Guo, has been transferred from the Senate to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval said on Wednesday.
During the Senate committee on women’s hearing on Alice’s ties to Philippine offshore gaming operators on Tuesday, Sen. Risa Hontiveros moved to lift the contempt order against Shiela, also known as Chinese Zhang Mier.
Hontiveros instructed the Office of the Sergeant at Arms to transfer Shiela’s custody to the Bureau of Immigration (BI), in compliance with the mission order issued against her.
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But in a Viber message sent to INQUIRER.net, Sandoval said Shiela’s custody has been transferred to the NBI for security reasons.
“Yes po, with NBI,” she said, adding Shiela’s pending local cases as another reason for her transfer.
Despite the transfer, Sandoval said Shiela’s legal custody remains under the BI.
“Legal custody remains with BI. NBI has better facilities for security reasons,” Sandoval said.
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Shiela is one of the 36 respondents in the money-laundering case filed by the Anti-Money Laundering Council, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, and the NBI at the Department of Justice.
She also faces cases for disobedience to legislative summons and for allegedly using a fake Philippine passport.