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Mayor Guo admits she’s unaware of business partners’ criminal records
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo stated during a Senate hearing that she only became aware of her business partners' criminal records, specifically allegations of money laundering in Singapore, through a social media post by Senator Risa Hontiveros.
Guo claimed she learned about the criminal records on Tuesday via Hontiveros' Facebook post.
Following the revelation on social media, Mayor Guo said she conducted her own research using Google to verify the information.
She testified that she discovered the involvement of two of her co-incorporators in money laundering activities in Singapore only after seeing the post.
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