Former Mayor Alice Guo Faces Non-Bailable Case
ALICE GUO – The Pasig Court ordered for the transfer of the former Mayor from Camp Crame to the city jail’s female dormitory.
Former Mayor Guo was able to leave the Philippines last July amid several complaints against her. Her name was also in the immigration lookout bulletin and there was a pending Senate arrest order against her then.
According to the Bureau of Immigration, there were no records of Guo passing by the immigration. It prompted speculations that it was a back door exit for the former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor amid the several complaints filed against her.
Guo is being investigated for her alleged involvement in the illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming operations as well as her identity. According to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the fingerprints of the former Mayor and Chinese national Guo Hua Ping matched. It suggests that they are the same person.
Early this month, the Indonesian authorities located and arrested Alice Guo in a rented apartment in Jakarta, Indonesia. She was immediately turned over to the Philippine authorities. Several Philippine officials came to Indonesia for the turn over.
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos and Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Rommel Francisco Marbil were among those who went to Indonesia for the turn-over of Guo. The authorities were even grilled online for smiling in photos with the former Mayor.
Back in the Philippines, former Mayor Alice Guo is under the custody of the Philippine National Police after a graft case was filed against her. It was initially expected that she will be under the custody of the Senate but she cannot be under the upper chamber’s custody unless she posts a bail.
However, based on a report on GMA News, the Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) recently ruled that the case against Guo is non-bailable. The Court also ordered for her transfer from Camp Crame to the Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory.
In the PNP Custodial Facility, Guo occupied the detention room that was previously occupied by former senator Leila de Lima when she was detained for seven years. Based on the report, the Court also an arrest warrant against Zhang Rujin, Huang Zhiyang, Lin Baoying, and former Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC) deputy director general Dennis Cunanan.