Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian Says Mayor Alice Guo’s Mother Can’t Be Located in the Philippines
MAYOR ALICE GUO – Sen. Win Gatchalian said Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s mother can’t be located in the Philippines.
Neophyte mayor Alice Guo was connected to illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) activities in Tarlac because she applied for local permits for the POGO hub, Hongsheng Gaming Technology, before her political career began.
After Hongsheng was raided in 2023, it was rebranded as Zun Yuan Technology, which became the target of the most recent raid in Bamban this March, located behind the town hall where Guo’s office is situated. The extensive 10-hectare hub, raided for human trafficking, hacking, and scams, was also situated in the Baofu Land Development compound, which Guo formerly owned.
Two of Guo’s business associates in Baofu, Zhang Ruijin and Lin Baoying, are implicated in Singapore’s largest money laundering case, amounting to $3 billion.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian declared on Sunday that Lin Wen Yi, the Chinese national thought to be the mother of the contentious Bamban, Tarlac mayor, has left the Philippines, making it impossible to do the DNA test that would have confirmed Alice Guo’s identity.
“[The DNA] is not possible for now, because according to the Bureau of Immigration, Lin Wen Yi and Jian Zhong Guo are no longer in the Philippines. They already flew to another country so we can’t find them here,” Gatchalian said during a radio interview.
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“First of all, these two are Chinese nationals so they can really go back to China anytime and opt not to return here. If that happens, we no longer have a chance to prove that these two are Mayor Alice’s parents … for now Lin Wen Yi is no longer in the country so it would be difficult for us to demand a DNA test,” Gatchalian explained.
A DNA test had previously been suggested by the senator in response to concerns regarding the mayor’s citizenship in order to determine the relationship between Guo and Lin Wen Yi. The mayor says her mother is Filipino, claiming to be a citizen of the Philippines.
Guo has always insisted that she is the biological daughter of his former housekeeper, Amelia Leal, who is said to have abandoned her at birth in 1986, and Jian Zhong Guo, a Chinese citizen who later took on the Filipino name Angelito Guo.
“It will help us determine who Mayor Alice is and her nationality. If the DNA test proves that Lin is Guo’s mother, then the mayor is Chinese, as both her real parents are Chinese,” Gatchalian stated.
According to the report, the senator also said that while the Guo family lived in Valenzuela, locals could attest to Lin Wen Yi being called the mayor’s mother.