Criminal charges filed vs Shiela Guo, Cassandra Ong: DOJ

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Criminal charges filed vs Shiela Guo, Cassandra Ong: DOJ

ABS-CBN News

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Updated Aug 29, 2024 03:41 PM PHT

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Shiela Guo and Cassandra Li Ong. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/House of Representatives

MANILA – Criminal charges have been lodged against Cassandra Li Ong and Shiela Guo, earlier identified as the sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice, the Department of Justice said Thursday. 


Shiela Guo faces cases for disobedience to legislative summons and using a false Philippine passport, said DOJ Undersecretary Nicholas Ty.


He said Cassandra Li Ong, representative of Lucky South 99 POGO, would face disobedience to summons and obstruction of justice cases.       



“Itong mga kasong ito na mga nahain na sa korte, hindi ito kasingbigat ng qualified trafficking, money laundering dahil itong si Cassie (Ong) at Shiela, nakabalika, subject sila ng warrantless arrest ng NBI. At kung warrantless arrest, limitado ang mga maaaring ikaso sa kanila,” Ty told TeleRadyo Serbisyo. 


Ty said money laundering cases would be filed against Shiela Guo and possibly Ong this week or the next. 


He added that qualified human trafficking would soon be filed against Ong who is allegedly connected to the POGO in Porac, Pampanga. 



Asked if Shiela Guo could be a state witness, the official said, “Maraming kailangan mangyari… Sa ngayon, maaga pa para pag-usapan ito.” 


He also noted that DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla believes that Guo’s statements were unreliable. 


“Isa sa mga pangangailangan bago maging state witness ay may kabuluhan ang sinasabi mo at may maitutulong sa kaso. Kung nanggaling na mismo kay Secretary na hindi kapani-paniwala si Shiela, medyo tagilid ang kaniyang pagiging state witness,” Ty noted. 


Alice Guo, siblings fled Philippines via 'small boat': sister

Ex-Mayor Guo has been in hiding since she was accused of being a Chinese citizen and facilitating the entry of POGOs in Bamban. 


She was not with Shiela and Ong when they were apprehended in Indonesia last week. 


The Senate, meanwhile, is set to file perjury and disobedience to summons against Alice within the week, according to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian in a press conference on Thursday. — with a report from Victoria Tulad, ABS-CBN News

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