Mary Ann Maslog, who claimed to be recruited by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to contact Alice Guo during her escape, was confronted by a fuming Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa with information of her alleged attempt to implicate him and former president Rodrigo Duterte as accomplices of the dismissed mayor on Tuesday.

Maslog, who escaped possible conviction for graft in the 1998 textbook scam after faking her own death in 2019, appeared as a resource person at the Senate panel's investigation with claims that she had been tapped to by the PNPintelligence groupto mediate Guo's surrender in Indonesia in September.

According to Maslog, her help was enlisted by PNP Intelligence Group chief Brig. Gen. Romeo Macapaz due to her supposed friendship with Sual mayor Dong Calugay, whom she said once had a romantic relationship with Guo.

But according to Macapaz, Officer-in-Charge of the PNP intelligence group, Maslog approached them to say she has access to the counsel of Guo—Attorney Stephen David. Macapaz trusted Maslog since he has known him since 2022.

David said Maslog and the PNP came to him to negotiate the surrender.

“I trusted her because she was with top PNP brass,” David stated.

Maslog said she went to Indonesia two times—the first one was when Shiela Guo and Cassandra Ong were arrested, and the second was when Guo was arrested.

Maslog supposedly received a text from Indonesian authorities informing her of the arrest of Guo, which completely shocked senators.

“What?! An Indonesian officer texted you?” Committee Chair Senator Risa Hontiveros exclaimed.

“Mas sinungaling ka pa dito kay Alice Guo!” Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada remarked. “Who are you to mediate? Who gave you the authority? You being a private citizen.”

“Except sa pag-contact kay Alice, wala na siyang ibang authority,” Macapaz said.

The PNP official said they did introduce Maslog to their Indonesian counterparts but they did not bring her with them when Guo was arrested. She allegedly went to Indonesia on her own.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian pointed out that the PNP could have just directly reached out to David.

“Kausap niyo pugante,” Gatchalian said. “Kriminal ito. Bakit ‘di niyo na-detect as intelligence group?”

Macapaz answered, “We only came to know when shinare ng NBI ang information.”

“Big time naisahan kayo,” Senator Joel Villanueva said.

Maslog even visited Guo twice in the PNP Custodial Center with David.

Macapaz said he accompanied them the first time since Guo was supposed to reveal vital information, which did not happen.

Her self-proclaimed role in Guo's arrest dumbfounded senators, including dela Rosa, who later confronted Maslog with "information" that she had an ulterior motive for communicating with the embattled former mayor.

"Mayroon akong impormasyon na you are being used para papirmahin si Alice Guo ng affidavit — affidavit na magtuturo na si President Duterte, si Senator Bong Go, si Senator Bato, si [formerpolice Criminal Investigation Detection Group chief Lt.] Gen. Gerald Caramat ay na sa likod ng POGO.

"I can pin you down! My God! Huwag kang pailing-iling diyan. Alam ko 'yang impormasyon na 'yan," dela Rosa told Maslog.

He further warned, "I have the goods against you!"

Maslog denied this.

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Dela Rosa eventually moved to cite Maslog in contempt for "lying," after Macapaz said it was her who approached him to help as a mediator for Guo, not the other way around.

Macapaz, who joined the Senate probe via video call, added that he was also not aware of the past cases of Maslog, whom he referred to as Jesica Francisco, her alias.

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PATHOLOGICAL LIAR

According to NBI Assistant Director Atty. Lito Magno, the fingerprints of Maslog and Francisco matched.

Based on Maslog’s birth certificate, she was born in 1985 which would make her 14 years old when the textbook scam was already being investigated, according to Estrada.

She refused to comment and invoked her right against self-incrimination as a case is already pending with the Sandiganbayan.

“Ikaw na siguro reyna ng kasinungalingan,” Estrada told Maslog. “You are a pathological liar,” Gatchalian said Guo’s birth certificate is most probably fake.

Authorities allege that Maslog was able to avoid being charged in the textbook scam after she faked her death in 2019.

She then changed her name to Jessica Francisco.