Shiela Guo, Cassandra Li Ong back in PH

The companions of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo who were intercepted in Indonesia have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

According to the Bureau of Immigration (BI), the flight carrying Guo’s sister, Shiela, and Cassandra Li Ong, the authorized representative of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) that was raided in Porac, Pampanga, landed at the NAIA Terminal 1 at around 5 p.m.

The two were escorted by operatives of the BI’s intelligence division (ID) and fugitive search unit (FSU).

“They were considered illegal aliens by Indonesian immigration as they are wanted in the Philippines,” Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said in a statement.

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The BI said that intelligence information showed that Guo’s group was assisted by a Singaporean man who booked their stay in Indonesia.

The two were about to depart Batam when they were intercepted.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will take custody of Ong and Sheila Guo to debrief them while the Bureau of Immigration will conduct inquest proceedings on Sheila Guo on Immigration charges.

Following this, the NBI will coordinate with the Senate and House regarding the arrest orders they issued.

The Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms is already in coordination with the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) for the serving of arrest orders against Guo's sister.

Guo's sister, Sheila is among the personalities ordered arrested by the Senate last July.

The House of Representatives issued an order to take custody of Ong as she has been slapped with a contempt order for her continued failure to attend the investigation of POGO-related crimes.

Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission spokesman Dr. Winston Casio said Alice Guo's brother Wesley Guo is no longer in Indonesia.

Ayon sa mga balitang natanggap at ulat na natanggap natin mula sa ating mga counterpart sa Indonesia ay apparently ‘yung lalaki, si Wesley Guo, ay nasa ibang bansa na raw po,” Casio said in a Zoom briefing.

(According to the news and reports we've received from our counterparts in Indonesia, it appears that the man, Wesle Guo, is already in another country.)

“Kung saang bansa ay undisclosed pa po ito,” he added.

(As for what country, this is still undisclosed.)

Senator Risa Hontiveros previously stated that Guo, who was also identified as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, had left the country on July 18.

Casio said that Guo went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 18 and then flew to Singapore on July 21.

There, she reportedly met up with her father Guo Jian Zhong, mother Lin Wen Yi, her brother Wesley Guo and Cassandra Ong, the named representative of the raided POGO hub in Porac, Pampanga Lucky South 99.

On August 18, she traveled from Singapore to Batam, Indonesia via ferry.

Meanwhile, Casio said that they believe that Guo is still in Indonesia.

“Ngayon, si Alice Leal Guo ay hindi nila namataan kahapon hanggang kanina doon sa Batam, Indonesia,” Casio said.

(As for Alice Leal Guo, she was not sighted yesterday until earlier today at Batam, Indonesia.)

“Pero wala rin silang sinabi na nakalabas na ito ng bansa. So malakas ang aming paniniwala na si Alice Leal Guo, si Guo Hua Ping, nasa loob pa ng Indonesia,” he added.

(But they did not tell us that she had left. So we believe that Alice Leal Gou, or Guo Hua Ping, is still in Indonesia.)—NB, GMA Integrated News