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Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File

Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Mayor Alice Guo

Adrian Ayalin

ABS-CBN News

<div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172163665999620240522-guo-alice-senate-MD-9.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in a Senate hearing in Pasay City on May 22, 2024. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- The Department of Justice and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission on Monday challenged suspended Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo to face the panel of prosecutors holding the preliminary investigation into the qualified trafficking complaint filed against her.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Guo had earlier said that she will face the proper forum, in response to the Senate subpoena and arrest warrant against her.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;This is the proper forum. Dapat pumunta po siya rito para i-presenta iyong kanyang counter-affidavit at i-subscribe niya pero iyon nga nakakalungkot wala pa rin po siya ngayon, maaring nagtatago pa rin po siya, hindi pa natin ma-locate kung nasaan siya,&quot; said PAOCC spokesperson Dr. Winston Casio.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Guo and her co-respondents were supposed to face the panel Monday but they were given another chance on August 6 after the filing of a supplemental complaint based on the testimony of four new witnesses-complainants.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/19/hontiveros-denies-senate-fixation-on-alice-guo-we-are-just-allergic-to-liars-1034"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/19/hontiveros-denies-senate-fixation-on-alice-guo-we-are-just-allergic-to-liars-1034">READ: Hontiveros denies Senate &#x27;fixation&#x27; on Alice Guo</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/3/mayor-guo-s-camp-reserves-right-to-comment-until-accuracy-of-data-is-established-2102"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/3/mayor-guo-s-camp-reserves-right-to-comment-until-accuracy-of-data-is-established-2102">READ: Mayor Guo’s camp reserves right to comment until accuracy of data is established</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The respondents were only represented by their lawyers during the preliminary investigation held at the DOJ.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;This is certainly the proper forum and fortunately for her because the state decided to file additional complaints, a supplemental complaint, she has a new opportunity to explain her side in the proper forum which is on August 6,&quot; DOJ Undersecretary Nicholas Ty said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The four additional witnesses are Filipinos who will prove the &quot;scamming activities&quot; of Zun Yuan Technology and Baofu Land Development, according to the PAOCC.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Hindi lamang iyon, papatunayan din nila na sila po ay hindi nakakalabas malaya sa lugar kumbaga sila ay nakakulong doon eh binibigyan lang sila ng isang araw sa isang buwan para makalabas, may bawas pa doon sa kanilang bayad, sa kanilang sahod,&quot; Dr. Casio said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Another respondent to the complaint was also added, a Filipino national, subject to the approval of the panel of prosecutors.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Mayroon po siyang kinalaman doon sa management ng Zun Yuan Technology, Hongsheng at Baofu Land Development,&quot; Dr. Casio said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></span></div><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="3063300"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script>

<p>Guo had earlier said that she will face the proper forum, in response to the Senate subpoena and arrest warrant against her.</p>

Guo had earlier said that she will face the proper forum, in response to the Senate subpoena and arrest warrant against her.

After no-show, Guo challenged by DOJ, PAOCC to face panel of prosecutors

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After no-show, Guo challenged by DOJ, PAOCC to face panel of prosecutors

Adrian Ayalin,

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Published Jul 22, 2024 04:27 PM PHT

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