MANILA, Philippines — Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo has at all times exhibited a relaxed and blissful demeanor, which is commonly gleaned on social media.
However on the Home of Representatives quad committee, Guo appeared to lose her cool and confirmed a distinct facet when Davao Oriental 2nd District Rep. Cheeno Almario offered a video documentary from international information outlet Al Jazeera about Chinese language spy She Zhijang.
Within the video, She Zhijang claimed that he funneled funds to Guo Hua Ping — believed to be Guo’s true Chinese language id — for her election marketing campaign within the Philippines. The identical documentary confirmed Guo’s alleged hometown in Fujian, China, which sat near a Chinese language Communist Occasion workplace.
Almario then highlighted that this was already a distinct investigation involving Guo.
“So Mr. Chair, I’d wish to level out to this committee that even when we have now been making our personal analysis, pulling up our personal inquiries, that is one other supply from a totally completely different social gathering, and is unrelated to what we do,” Almario stated. “Pero nagkataon that the individual named She Zhijang trusted with encrypted recordsdata confirmed to Al Jazeera that there’s a file confirming that there are Chinese language spies throughout […] Right here additionally within the Philippines, and undoubtedly reveals Guo Hua Ping.
“Mr. Chair, once more, we have been instructed, kanina nagtanong tayo kung lumaki ba si Ma’am Alice dito sa Pilipinas, kung dito ba siya pinanganak […] she first stated na dito uncooked siya lumaki which is fake, as a result of paaano malalaman or ma-identify ng mga tao do’n mismo sa deal with sa Fujian na nakilala nila si Alice Guo o Guo Hua Ping as anak ni Lin Wen Yi no’ng pinakita nila ‘yong image ni Guo Hua Ping?” he added.
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(Earlier, we requested whether or not Ma’am Alice grew up within the Philippines and if she was born right here. She initially acknowledged that she grew up right here, which is fake. How would folks at her deal with in Fujian acknowledge Alice Guo, or Guo Hua Ping, because the daughter of Lin Wen Yi once they confirmed an image of Guo Hua Ping?)
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Guo was seen sneering whereas Almario was speaking, shaking her head a number of occasions.
Her replies, too, have been completely different from her typical claims of not remembering particulars and refusing to reply inquiries to keep away from self-incrimination.
“Your Honor, ‘yung She Zhijang na sinasabi niyo po, ‘yon ba ‘yong pinakita niyo po kanina sa akin sa image? Hindi ko po siya kilala at sana po, your Honor, Mr. Chair, makuha ko rin po ‘yong particulars gusto ko pong magdemanda, hindi ko po sila kilala,” Guo stated.
(Your Honor, the She Zhijang you talked about, is that the individual you confirmed me within the image earlier? I don’t know him, and I hope, Your Honor, Mr. Chair, to acquire these particulars as a result of I need to file a lawsuit; I don’t know them.)
“Hindi natin madedemanda, Ms. Alice, dahil kasi (We can not file a lawsuit as a result of) he’s in jail in Thailand, and the rationale why he’s talking the reality now could be as a result of as he was saying within the video […] is that he’s additionally being illegally detained. Kaya sa galit niya, he desires to talk the reality out to the world,” Almario replied. “What does he need to lose?”
“Your Honor, unfair naman po para sa akin, hindi ko po siya kilala at by no means po ako humingi ng marketing campaign funds solely. By no means po ako humingi ng marketing campaign fund throughout my marketing campaign interval, and ‘yong video na pinakita ni Congressman Cheeno kanina, hindi ko po siya kilala at gusto ko rin po iparating sa lahat ng mga kababayan ko at buong Pilipinas na rin po, mahal ko po ang Pilipinas,” Guo added.
(Your Honor, that is unfair to me. I don’t know him, and I’ve by no means requested marketing campaign funds solely. I by no means sought marketing campaign funding throughout my marketing campaign interval, and concerning the video proven by Congressman Cheeno earlier, I don’t know him both. I additionally need to convey to all my fellow residents and all the Philippines that I like this nation.)
PBA party-list Rep. Margarita Nograles in the meantime observed that Guo had been emotional and agitated after discussing She Zhijang’s claims as the previous mayor’s responses departed from her typical candy tone.
“Since you’re saying na hindi mo kilala at idedemanda mo, ano naman mabe-benefit din nitong si She Zhijang to call you?” Nograles requested.
(Since you’re saying you don’t know him however plan to file a lawsuit, what profit would She Zhijang achieve from naming you?)
“Your Honor, I believe it’s higher so that you can ask him kasi siya po ‘yong naglabas ng video so siya po ang nakaka-alam kung ano ang makakapag-benefit sa kanya, positively hindi po ako spy,” Guo stated.
(Your Honor, I believe it’s higher so that you can ask him, as he’s the one who launched the video and is aware of what advantages he would possibly achieve from it. I can guarantee you, I’m positively not a spy.)
“Okay, loosen up ka lang […] bakit ka galit (Simply loosen up. Why are you offended)?” Nograles requested once more.
In keeping with Nograles, Guo didn’t need to be riled up in these discussions.
“Galit po ako eh, kasi po ganito rin ‘yong nangyari final time, sinasabi po nila spy ako, mahal ko po ang Pilipinas, Filipino po ako, hindi po ako spy,” Guo stated.
(I’m offended as a result of that is what occurred final time; they stated I used to be a spy. I like the Philippines. I’m Filipino; I’m not a spy.)
“Chill out ka lang, you don’t need to be so riled up if you recognize the reality, proper?” Nograles countered.
Guo confronted the quad committee for the second time, because the 4 panels continued their probe into the unlawful actions inside Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo).
Guo has maintained a number of occasions that she was not linked to the Pogo in Bamban, however the Division of the Inside and Native Authorities (DILG) accused her of getting enterprise pursuits in Baofu, which owns the land the place the raided Pogo sits.
DILG stated Baofu, as represented by Guo who was president of the corporate, bought eight parcels of land in Bamban final February 2019.
Guo claims to have divested possession of Baofu when she ran for mayor, however DILG believes the quantity she divested it for — P2.5 million — was “grossly incongruent to her funding on Baufo which is roughly eight hectares of land.”
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This concern turned the idea of instances in opposition to Guo, for which she was positioned on preventive suspension by the Workplace of the Ombudsman.
