Shiela Guo’s camp to request release from Senate custody

Shiela Leal Guo, sister of former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, made her first appearance at the Senate hearing Tuesday, August 27, 2024. The hearing was jointly conducted by the Justice and Human Rights Subcommittee and the Committees on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality and Public Services presided by Sen. Risa Hontiveros after a privilege speech was delivered urging the Department of Foreign Affairs to cancel Alice Guo’s passport. An order of arrest was issued against Guo after her repeated refusal to attend the Senate investigation into the raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) hubs in Porac, Pampanga and Bamban, Tarlac. 

Shiela Guo together with Cassandra Li Ong were arrested in Indonesia last August 20. She confirmed that she left together with her sister, Alice Guo, and they took a boat to escape the country. Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau

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Katrina Domingo

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MANILA — Shiela Guo’s camp will file a request for her release from the Senate, her lawyer said on Tuesday, saying there are insufficient grounds to justify her detention.The Senate earlier cited Guo in contempt for snubbing an earlier hearing into the illegal gambling hub in Bamban Tarlac, where her supposed sister served as mayor.“I will be requesting or filing a motion for her release considering that she was cited in contempt for her failure to appear in the previous hearing, but she was never notified,” said Atty. Stephen David, Guo’s legal counsel.“There was no due notice and she never received any summons or order for her to appear,” he said.“I think it is not fair that she be placed in detention without first showing that she willfully violated the order of the Senate to appear,” he said.Shiela admitted to leaving the Philippines with supposed siblings Alice and Wesley via several boats that bypassed the Bureau of Immigration.She claimed that she joined the trip to console the former Bamban mayor, and did not know that they were fleeing the Philippines.“She was just asked to accompany. She did not know where they were going so there was no intention on her part to evade,” David said.Their camp will not file a petition to place Shiela under the Witness Protection Program as they maintain that Shiela did participate in illegal activities.“Wala naman akong nakikitang ano except that she was asked to accompany her sister na hindi niya naman pala kapatid at in good faith sumama siya,” the lawyer said.“She is not schooled. She did not enter any school here in the Philippines and si Alice kasi very brilliant kaya she places all her trust in her,” he added.<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WtNq1Loe6Ws?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>

Shiela Guo’s camp will file a request for her release from the Senate, her lawyer said on Tuesday, saying there are insufficient grounds to justify her detention.

Shiela Guo’s camp will file a request for her release from the Senate, her lawyer said on Tuesday, saying there are insufficient grounds to justify her detention.

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Shiela Guo’s camp to request release from Senate custody

Shiela Guo’s camp to request release from Senate custody

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Aug 27, 2024 08:40 PM PHT

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