Alice Guo, the former mayor who fled after being accused of having ties to Chinese organized crime, is back in the Philippines, where she is expected to be brought before the Senate.
Guo, wearing an orange T-shirt marked ‘captive’ and a black face mask, touched down in Manila early Friday morning.
Philippine media reported that Guo had traveled on a chartered jet from Jakarta, where she was Arrest for immigration offenses earlier this week, and was accompanied by Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and the Philippine National Police Chief, General Rommel Francisco Marbil.
In brief comments at a news conference after her arrival, she said she had been the target of death threats. She spent most of the time with the media behind her and staring at the wall.
Abalos promised to provide security for the former mayor but urged her not to speak.
“Declare all the names to serve justice and so this all ends. That’s the only way we can help him,” he said.
Guo, a former mayor of Bamban city, fled the country in July and is wanted by the Philippine Senate for failing to appear before a panel investigating his alleged links to Chinese organized crime syndicates. Cyber Scam Operations.
Philippine media outlet Rappler said she was expected to appear before the panel on September 9.
Guo, who also holds Chinese nationality and goes by the name Guo Hua Ping, has dismissed the allegations against him as “malicious”.
Philippine law enforcement agencies, including the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), have filed multiple counts of money laundering with the Department of Justice against Guo and 35 others.
The Senate began its investigation into Guo in May after a casino in Bamban was raided on what they say was a scamming center run on land she partly owned.
The town of Bamban is about 100km (62 mi) north of Manila in the province of Tarlac.
Guo became mayor in 2022.
An anti-corruption office removed her as mayor in August, citing serious misconduct over her alleged ties to illegal gaming operations in the town.
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