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FACT CHECK: No guilty verdict against Bamban Mayor Alice Guo
Suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has formally requested a fair investigation into controversies surrounding her, including alleged links to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) activities.
Guo's legal team submitted a letter to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, who chairs the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), expressing her desire to cooperate.
In the letter, Guo vehemently denied accusations of espionage, money laundering, human trafficking, kidnapping, and involvement in illegal POGO activities, as well as seeking the mayoral post to protect a POGO hub in Bamban, Tarlac despite a document showing her as a major shareholder.
Guo's camp expressed concern that recent Senate probes have appeared to reach conclusions without due process.
The PAOCC announced it is set to file serious and non-bailable criminal charges against Guo in the coming days after finding evidence of her involvement in illegal POGO operations and considering charges related to human trafficking and money laundering.
The Ombudsman also suspended Ms. Guo this month pending investigation of graft cases filed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
However, no court has convicted Guo, and a recent fact-check rated as false a claim that she had been found guilty.
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Alice Guo, the suspended mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, has officially denied all accusations of involvement in kidnapping, illegal detention, and human trafficking in a letter to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.
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The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) plans to file non-bailable criminal charges against Bamban Mayor Alice Guo on June 21.
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The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) is preparing to file more charges against suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, who is accused of enabling illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hubs.
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The Office of the Ombudsman has denied the appeals of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and two other town officials against their six-month preventive suspension.
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Suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, also identified by authorities as Guo Hua Ping, is facing non-bailable qualified human trafficking charges filed by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) and the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) before the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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