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Shiela Guo appears before the Senate to attend a hearing called by the Committee on Justice and Human Rights on August 27, 2024, to investigate dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo's exit from the Philippines. 
Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Shiela Guo appears before PH Senate

Victoria Tulad

ABS-CBN News

<div><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/172492313099020240827-shiela-guo-senate-MD259.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Shiela Leal Guo, " of="" former="" Tarlac="" Mayor="" Alice="" made="" her="" first="" appearance="" at="" the="" Senate="" hearing="" August="" Public="" Relations="" and="" Information=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Shiela Guo appears before the Senate to attend a hearing called by the Committee on Justice and Human Rights on August 27, 2024, to investigate the exit of dismissed Bamban, Tarlca Mayor Alice Guo from the Philippines.  Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday pointed out gaps he found in the testimony of Shiela Guo, the Chinese national previously believed to be the sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.</p><div><span data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="" id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;--darkreader-inline-color:#bfb9b1;--darkreader-inline-bgcolor:#181a1b;display:inline !important">Shiela faced Senators last Tuesday after being arrested in Indonesia last week.</span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/22/how-indonesian-authorities-busted-alice-guo-s-sister-alleged-cohort-1506">• How Indonesian authorities busted Alice Guo&#x27;s sister, alleged cohort</a></span></div><p>In a press conference on Thursday, Gatchalian said he found questionable Shiela’s account of how they left the Philippines, supposedly in the first week of July, in a series of sea trips until they arrived in Malaysia on July 18.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/27/-alice-guo-siblings-fled-philippines-via-small-boat-sister-1135">• Alice Guo, siblings fled Philippines via &#x27;small boat&#x27;: sister</a></div><p>“Never niyang tinanong bakit sila umalis, never nya tinanong bakit araw biyahe nila. Obvious naman ang dahilan para sa atin: para tumakas, pero sa kanyang kwento di niya tinanong,&quot; Gatchalian noted.</p><p>Gatchalian also pointed to Shiela’s claim that it was her first time to meet Katherine Cassandra Ong when they caught up with each other in Malaysia, despite records supposedly showing that the two have travelled before with Warren Yu, an alleged boss of a Philippine Online Gaming Operator (POGO).</p><p>Ong is the authorized representative of Lucky South 99, a POGO in Porac, Pampanga, and is allegedly the girlfriend of Wesley Guo, the brother of Alice.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/28/cassandra-ong-admits-links-to-whirlwind-corp-lucky-south-99-613">• Cassandra Ong says Alice Guo is not her business partner or friend</a></div><p>Gatchalian also does not believe Shiela had no idea about the businesses of the Guos since she was recorded as the corporate secretary, treasurer, and chief financial officer of some of these.</p><p>According to information gathered by Gatchalian’s office, Shiela is Corporate Secretary of QJJ Group of Companies, QJJ Slaughter House Inc., Qseed Genetics Inc., and 3 Lin-Q Farm Inc., among others. She is also CFO, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary of QJJ Farm Inc. and QJJ Embroidery Center Inc.</p><p>“In a span of 9 to 10 yeas, 90 plus times, 93 times siya pumirma sa iba’t ibang document. So ibig sabihin sa documents alone, sentro sya sa aktibidad ng Guo family, sentro siya sa negosyo, sentro siya sa mga financial transaction,” Gatchalian said. </p><p>Gatchalian flagged the money which came into the said businesses such as the QJJ Farm which allegedly only earned P1 million but actually received P4 billion. He suspects that the companies were being used for money laundering.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/13/pogo-paradise-how-the-philippines-became-a-hub-for-illegal-pogos-1524">• POGO Paradise: How the Philippines became a hub for illegal POGOs</a></div><p>“Ang aking hinala ang perang ginamit sa POGO hub sa Bamban nanggaling sa QJJ Farm. Hindi farming ang negosyong ito,” Gatchalian stated.</p><div><strong>&#x27;PROFESSIONAL LIARS&#x27;</strong></div><p>Gatchalian also warned about believing Shiela’s statement.</p><p>&quot;Ang narrative ni Sheila pareho kay Guo Hua Ping (Alice Guo), we can’t take it hook line and sinker… We have to be very careful with this family, parang professional liars and swindlers,” he said.</p><p>This is why Gatchalian does not yet think Sheila can be a state witness.</p><p>“Masyadong maaga pa para gawin yun. Yung kanilang abogado (ni Alice) pareho eh. At this point I doubt na magsasalita siya o magbibigay ng detalye laban kay Guo Hua Ping. At this point it’s too premature to say that.”</p><p>Nevertheless, Gathchalian believes Shiela’s disclosure that she is not the sister of former Mayor Guo.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/27/shiela-guo-admits-alice-is-not-actually-her-sister-1524">• Shiela Guo admits Alice is not actually her &#x27;sister&#x27;</a></div><p>“I believe that because yung passport niya is ibang last name, Zhang Mier siya. At meron akong nakuhang mga information din, yung mga nagturo na nanay si Lin Wen Yi, the same people, na pinapakilala talaga siya na hindi kapatid, iba pinsan, iba close family friend,” he explained.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uYCrkfDS6p8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday pointed out gaps he found in the testimony of Shiela Guo, the Chinese national previously believed to be the sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.</p>

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday pointed out gaps he found in the testimony of Shiela Guo, the Chinese national previously believed to be the sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.

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Gatchalian sees 'gaps' in Shiela Guo’s Senate testimony

Victoria Tulad,

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Published Aug 29, 2024 04:11 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 29, 2024 05:20 PM PHT

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