Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PHOTO)
MANILA, Philippines — Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her cohorts fled the country to Malaysia by air, at least based on the preliminary conclusion of the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
BI Officer in Charge Atty, Joel Anthony Viado bared his agency’s conclusion at the Senate panel on women’s 15th hearing on Guo’s Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) ties.
During the Tuesday hearing, Viado was asked by panel head Sen. Risa Hontiveros what BI’s conclusion was in relation to Guo’s escape.
“She entered Malaysia [by] air on July 18,” Viado simply said.
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada then asked how certain Viado was that Guo and company flew to Malayisa.
“We’re basing it on the confirmation as to her actual entry into Kuala Lumpur,” said Viado.
Estrada proceeded to question if this means that Guo’s earlier admission that she, together with Shiela and Wesley, boarded multiple boats to Malaysia was a lie.
“If she went to Malaysia via sea it might have been through Sabah, but there was no record of entry of Alice Guo into Sabah on July 19, 2024,” Viado insisted.
According to Hontiveros, there was a Sabah stamp on Guo and her cohorts’ passports, but it was proven to be fake. This means that as far as BI is concerned, there’s no record of their Sabah entry on July 19.
Both Alice and Shiela earlier said they boarded three boats to flee the Philippines: a small boat, a “fishing ship,” and later on transferred to a small “blue or green” boat direct to Malaysia.