ASEANEWS HEADLINE-POGO | MANILA: Risa: P200-M’ bribe got Guo, siblings out of PH

MANILA, Philippines — Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her two siblings forked out P200 million to buy their way out of the Philippines without being detected by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and other law enforcement agencies, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday.

Hontiveros revealed the information as she presided over the hearing of the Senate subcommittee on justice to look into the circumstances behind Guo’s escape.

The getaway angered President Marcos, who last week warned that “heads will roll” over this example of “corruption that undermines our justice system and erodes public trust.”

READ: Marcos on Alice Guo’s departure: ‘Heads will roll’

WHERE’S YOUR ‘SISTER’? Shiela Guo, also known as Zhang Mier, is compelled to detail her escape out of the country last month together with her “sister,” dismissed Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac, as she faces a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, five days after her arrest and deportation from Indonesia. —Richard A. Reyes

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During the hearing, Shiela Guo, the purported sister of Alice, narrated how they managed to slip out of the country despite the nationwide manhunt launched by authorities.

Appearing for the first time since the chamber investigated various issues related to Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), Shiela said that she and Alice slipped out of the country sometime on the first week of July, belying the claims of their lawyer, Stephen David, and the BI that the fugitive mayor was still in the Philippines at the time.

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