Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo attends a House probe on illegal POGOs, narcotics, and alleged EJKs during the Duterte Administration in Quezon City on September 19, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Adrian Ayalin

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172680464694720240919-quadcomm-hearing-guo-ong-MD-7.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo attends a House probe on illegal POGOs, narcotics, and alleged EJKs during the Duterte Administration in Quezon City on September 19, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA – The Pasig City Regional Trial Court Branch 167 has issued a commitment order against former Bamban mayor Alice Guo for her non-bailable qualified trafficking case in connection with the operation of illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs).</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the decision of Presiding Judge Annielyn Medes-Cabelis, the court ordered the transfer of Guo from the Philippine National Police custodial facility in Camp Crame to the Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The court also ordered the transfer of Guo’s co-accused Walter Wong Long from the Tarlac Provincial Jail to the Pasig City Jail Male Dormitory.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“All the accused in these cases are not entitled to post bail as the charges against them are all non-bailable,” said Medes-Cabelis.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ietW9tto3w8" title="LIVE: Alice Guo attends arraignment for graft case at Valenzuela RTC Br. 282" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The court issued an arrest warrant against other accused who are still at-large, namely Huang Zhiyang, Rachelle Joan Malonzo Carreon, Zhang Ruijin, Baoying Lin, Yu Zheng Can, Dennis Cunanan, Jamielyn Cruz, Roderick Pujante, Juan Miguel Alpas, Merlie Joy Castro, Rita Yturralde, Rowena Evangelista, Thelma Laranan and Maybelline Millo aka Shana Yiyi. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/19/kuwentuhan-over-hopia-filipino-po-ako-alice-guo-insists-at-house-probe-1633">&#x27;Kuwentuhan&#x27; over hopia: &#x27;Filipino po ako,&#x27; Alice Guo insists at House probe</a></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The court noted that for all the accused, it found probable cause to hold trial for the crimes charged against them. </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The court scheduled the arraignment and pre-trial conference for Guo and Long on September 27 at 8:30 a.m. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="isPasted" style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Guo is facing a separate graft case before the Valenzuela court for allegedly using her position to facilitate the operations of a gambling hub in Bamban.  </span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><p>The Philippine National Police said it would follow the Pasig court order. It is only waiting for the disposition from the Valenzuela court, said PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo.<br/><br/>Guo was set to appear for an arraignment at the Valenzuela RTC on Friday afternoon.<br/><br/>After this, she will temporarily return to the PNP Custodial Center and undergo a medical examination, before she is transferred to the Pasig jail.<br/><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">She has denied alleged links to Chinese organized crime. </span></p><div><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Meanwhile, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla urged Guo&#x27;s co-accused surrender to authorities. </span></div><p>“To the remaining co-accused still playing hide-and-seek with authorities, immediately surrender without hesitation or asking any condition, the law will definitely catch-up with you,” <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Remulla said. </span></p><p>“The law must take its course, it’s time for Guo and co-accused to face the charges against them in Court,” he added. </p><div><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/19/abalos-clueless-on-ex-pnp-chief-who-helped-alice-guo-escape-1226">PNP investigating 24 ex-police chiefs on info that one could have helped Guo escape</a></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/17/-magkaibigan-lang-town-mayor-denies-romantic-business-ties-with-alice-guo-1130">&#x27;Magkaibigan lang&#x27;: Town mayor denies romantic, business ties with Alice Guo</a></span><br/><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/17/testimony-of-alice-guos-secretary-a-puzzle-piece-in-notarization-mess-1716">Inside the brown envelope: Testimony of Alice Guo&#x27;s secretary a puzzle piece in notarization mess</a></span></div><div><br id="isPasted"/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="white-space-collapse:preserve"> </span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>A Pasig court has released a warrant of arrest against former mayor Alice Guo for non-bailable qualified trafficking raps, the Philippine National Police said Friday.</p>

A Pasig court has released a warrant of arrest against former mayor Alice Guo for non-bailable qualified trafficking raps, the Philippine National Police said Friday.

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