Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

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<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/1724384789571171578345164220240515-guo-alice-HO-2.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. <em>Facebook/Mayor Alice Leal Guo</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it would likely set aside the request of Malacañang to cancel the Philippine passport of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, who allegedly fled the country last moth.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/20/palace-tells-dfa-to-cancel-passports-of-alice-guo-siblings-1748">• Palace tells DFA to cancel passports of Alice Guo, siblings</a></div><p>On Thursday, DOJ Secretary Boying Remulla said the cancellation of Guo&#x27;s passport would just be done<span 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;display:inline !important;float:none"> &quot;later&quot; in order to avoid legal dilemmas. </span></p><p>&quot;It’s something that&#x27;s a little tricky that’s why we decided to our best judgment to just follow the law on the cancellation of passports, which we’ll do later,” Remulla said.</p><p>In previous <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/13/doj-court-order-to-cancel-teves-passport-not-yet-final-1420">cases</a>, the cancellation of a passport of an individual facing local cases required a court ruling.</p><p>On Tuesday, the Office of the President asked DOJ and the Department of Foreign Affairs to cancel Guo and her siblings&#x27; Philippine passports. But Remulla said this could complicate matters &quot;because if the passports are canceled immediately, then how can you make them travel back to the country.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/20/hontiveros-wants-dfa-to-cancel-guo-s-ph-passport-immediately-1249">• Hontiveros wants DFA to cancel Guo&#x27;s PH passport &#x27;immediately&#x27;</a></div><p>On Friday, DOJ undersecretary Nicholas Ty agreed with Remulla.</p><div><span 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;display:inline !important;float:none">&quot;May unintended consequence kung ipawalang bisa ang passport nila. Baka hindi maging ganun kadali ang pagpapauwi sa kanila,&quot; he said.</span></div><p>Ty said setting aside the Palace request allowed the speedy deportation of Guo&#x27;s sister Shiela and alleged companion Cassandra Li Ong.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/22/alice-guo-companions-nabbed-in-indonesia-officials-1123">• Alice Guo companions detained in Indonesia: DOJ</a></div><p>&quot;Naging praktikal tayo na maiuwi nang mabilisan sina Shiela Guo kaya isinantabi muna natin ang pagpapawalang bisa ng passport niya,&quot; he said.</p><p>The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Thursday said Alice Guo and her brother Wesley were still in Batam, Indonesia, citing information from its counterparts.</p><div><br/></div><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/Zk4aMSb-bOo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>On Thursday, DOJ Secretary Boying Remulla said the cancellation of Alice Guo's passport will just be done "later" in order to avoid legal dilemmas.</p>

On Thursday, DOJ Secretary Boying Remulla said the cancellation of Alice Guo's passport will just be done "later" in order to avoid legal dilemmas.

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DOJ to set aside Palace request to cancel Alice Guo's passport

DOJ to set aside Palace request to cancel Alice Guo's passport

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published Aug 23, 2024 12:21 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 23, 2024 12:27 PM PHT

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