Alice Guo

Don’t judge him by that one photo—one that just happened to be the most viral…

Sen. Francis Escudero wants to prosecute the Chinese bosses and real owners of offshore gaming operators who profit from money laundering and human trafficking. The justice department says that only dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo appears to be the ‘most guilty,’ but she can be a state witness by identifying the masterminds and helping in the government investigation.

The optics turned an otherwise successful law-enforcement operation into an outrage. Government announcements trumpeting the…

Judge Sarah Bacolod Vedaña-Delos Santos, citing the ‘critical importance’ of the Senate’s inquiry, allowed the dismissed
mayor to attend its hearing. President Marcos urges the former official to tell all about her wealth and true identity.

HOMECOMING SMILE Flanked by security escorts from the National Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Immigration who flew to Jakarta to fetch her,
dismissed town Mayor Alice Guo (center) hardly looks like an arrested fugitive in this photo released by the NBI before her flight to Manila on Thursday.

Indonesia wants to exchange Alice Guo for an Australian who is wanted for drug smuggling, a capital offense. The Philippines, which has no death penalty, will have to resolve the issue of handing over a person who could later be executed.