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Hontiveros to lead Senate justice subcommittee probe into Alice Guo 'escape'
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros will lead the chamber's investigation into the alleged escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.
The investigation will be conducted by a subcommittee formed by the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, chaired by Senator Aquilino Pimentel III, who designated Hontiveros as its chairperson.
The subcommittee will also look into Guo's use of a Philippine passport despite evidence suggesting she is not a Filipino citizen.
The probe will also involve the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, which Hontiveros also chairs, and the Senate Committee on Public Services.
These committees aim to understand how Guo, identified as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, allegedly evaded law enforcement and fled the Philippines for Malaysia on July 18.
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Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla ordered an investigation into how suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo allegedly left the Philippines despite being under an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO).
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Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin ordered the DFA and the Department of Justice to cancel the passports of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her family due to national security concerns and her reported flight from the country.
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Shiela Guo confirmed to a Senate panel that she, along with siblings Alice and Wesley Guo, departed the Philippines by boat for Malaysia in the first week of July, a testimony that supports the Bureau of Immigration's (BI) suspicions of illegal departure.
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The Senate will take custody of Sheila Guo, sister of former Mayor Alice Guo, and Cassandra Ong, corporate secretary of Whirlwind Corporation, for the upcoming POGO probe.
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Senator Sherwin Gatchalian expressed shame over the escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, stating that the country's law enforcement agencies learned of her departure from a privilege speech.
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