DOJ may send team to Malaysia to find out how Alice Guo slipped past PH authorities
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DOJ may send team to Malaysia to find out how Alice Guo slipped past PH authorities
MANILA — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the government may send a team to Malaysia to find out more about how dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo and her companions fled there from the Philippines in July.
MANILA — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the government may send a team to Malaysia to find out more about how dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo and her companions fled there from the Philippines in July.
Remulla said the plan will be among the items he will discuss with Bureau of Immigration officials on Monday.
Remulla said the plan will be among the items he will discuss with Bureau of Immigration officials on Monday.
“Well, we might have to really send a mission to Malaysia…if it will not be revealed online or by Zoom, by video, then we might send somebody there,” Remulla said.
“Well, we might have to really send a mission to Malaysia…if it will not be revealed online or by Zoom, by video, then we might send somebody there,” Remulla said.
Guo, who has been accused of links to illegal activities at Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs in the country, has maintained that they left the Philippines by sea.
Guo, who has been accused of links to illegal activities at Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs in the country, has maintained that they left the Philippines by sea.
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Remulla however has firmly said that Guo and her companions left the Philippines by air.
Remulla however has firmly said that Guo and her companions left the Philippines by air.
He said all flights going to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the time Guo left the Philippines will have to be checked.
He said all flights going to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the time Guo left the Philippines will have to be checked.
“It does not appear in any manifest (that she was on a flight), so we have to know how this was done. Because, in many ways, it is a national security concern,” Remulla said.
“It does not appear in any manifest (that she was on a flight), so we have to know how this was done. Because, in many ways, it is a national security concern,” Remulla said.
The discovery that Guo and her alleged siblings as well as POGO firm representative Cassandra Li Ong had managed to leave the Philippines in July was an embarrassment to the BI, which had assured the public that Guo was still in the country.
The discovery that Guo and her alleged siblings as well as POGO firm representative Cassandra Li Ong had managed to leave the Philippines in July was an embarrassment to the BI, which had assured the public that Guo was still in the country.
VISA DOWNGRADE FOR POGO WORKERS
Remulla also said Monday that the government will downgrade the visas of foreign nationals working in POGOs who failed to meet the Octobert 15, 2024 deadline to downgrade their work visas to tourist visas.
Remulla also said Monday that the government will downgrade the visas of foreign nationals working in POGOs who failed to meet the Octobert 15, 2024 deadline to downgrade their work visas to tourist visas.
They may remain in the country as tourists for the winding down of operations of POGOs but they have to leave by December 31, 2024 or they will be considered illegal aliens.
They may remain in the country as tourists for the winding down of operations of POGOs but they have to leave by December 31, 2024 or they will be considered illegal aliens.
“We're automatically downgrading them already, which means that they're not anymore allowed to conduct the activities except for winding down, because winding down is very important since the business entails taking money from people into a wallet, an e-wallet that contains their betting capital, it has to be returned to the owners,” Remulla said.
“We're automatically downgrading them already, which means that they're not anymore allowed to conduct the activities except for winding down, because winding down is very important since the business entails taking money from people into a wallet, an e-wallet that contains their betting capital, it has to be returned to the owners,” Remulla said.
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