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DOJ to review Alice Guo's plea in trafficking case
Dismissed Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac has formally requested the Department of Justice (DOJ) to reopen the preliminary investigation into the qualified trafficking in persons complaint filed against her, simultaneously submitting her counter-affidavit.
Guo had previously failed to attend earlier DOJ hearings, leading the panel to consider resolving the case based solely on the existing complaint.
Her legal team cited security, medical, and mental health concerns, along with the case's complexity, as reasons for needing more time to prepare her defense.
In her motion, Guo expressed a desire for due process and asked for the investigation to be reopened to allow for the admission of her counter-affidavit.
The DOJ will carefully review Guo's request to reopen the case, despite previous opportunities given to her camp to submit a counter-affidavit.
Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez noted that Guo's camp had "numerous opportunities to file" their counter-affidavit but chose to "waste all of them."
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Alice Guo, through her lawyers, has submitted a counter-affidavit to the Department of Justice, urging the dismissal of human trafficking complaints filed against her by the Philippine National Police and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission.
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