Comelec investigates Mayor Alice Guo's 2022 candidacy over stolen identity claims

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) launched an investigation into Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo's 2022 candidacy following allegations of stolen identity.

Comelec Chairman George Garcia directed the poll body's law department to form a fact-finding committee to probe Guo's certificate of candidacy papers and determine if there was material misrepresentation.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) found that Guo's fingerprints matched those of Guo Hua Ping, who entered the Philippines from China in 2003 when she was only 13 years old, raising questions about her citizenship declaration.

Garcia tasked the fact-finding panel to coordinate with various government agencies and conduct technical analysis of documents containing fingerprints of registered voters to determine Guo's culpability.

The Office of the Solicitor General has filed a petition seeking to cancel Guo's birth certificate and plans to file a quo warranto petition to unseat her from public office if evidence warrants.

Guo denies allegations of being a Chinese spy, involvement in money laundering, human trafficking, and kidnapping schemes, which emerged during Senate investigations into Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs).