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MANILA, Philippines — Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s tough solutions throughout Monday’s Senate listening to is a trait of a “skilled and sensible overseas spy,” in accordance with former Sen. Panfilo Lacson.
For the primary time since her arrest final week, Guo appeared in a Senate probe into her alleged involvement in a Philippine offshore gaming operator hub in Bamban, Tarlac.
Guo was cited for contempt as soon as extra for “testifying falsely and evasively” on her actual identification.
“The way in which Guo Hua Ping a.ok.a Alice Guo was taking the senators for a experience throughout the listening to, she may very well be a skilled and sensible overseas spy who had already began to climb the ladder of the nation’s political construction as an elected municipal mayor,” Lacson stated in an announcement.
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Lacson additional delved into hypotheticals on what might have occurred had the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Fee (PAOCC) not uncovered Guo.
“Within the realm of potentialities, she may very well be a member of Congress who has entry to extremely labeled info with nationwide safety implications,” he stated.
“Had PAOCC not uncovered her unlawful actions, what if, in the long run, she and her handlers, utilizing cash and/or affect, managed to get her appointed as DND secretary or nationwide safety adviser?”
Guo has denied accusations that she is a overseas spy, insisting that she is a Filipino.
On Wednesday, Sept. 4, Indonesian authorities apprehended Guo in Jakarta. She returned to the Philippines on Sept. 6.
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