LIST: Complaints, petitions vs. Alice Guo

Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo returned to the Philippines early Friday morning after being deported from Indonesia.

She is the subject of multiple complaints, one of which was filed with a Tarlac court, which ordered her arrest for her alleged connections to the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) in Bamban that was raided for illegal activities.

Below is a list of the complaints and petitions that have been brought against Guo:

May

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) filed a graft charge against Guo before the Office of the Ombudsman on May 24.

The Ombudsman then dismissed Guo from service for grave misconduct. It also perpetually disqualified her from public office.

The graft case was later filed before the Capas, Tarlac Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 109.

The Capas RTC issued an arrest warrant against her on September 5.

June

On June 21, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) and the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) filed a qualified human trafficking complaint against Guo and 13 others before the Department of Justice.

Guo asked the DOJ to dismiss the complaint against her, saying that the complainants failed to establish her participation in the crime of human trafficking.

The complaint was submitted for resolution in August.

July

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) filed a petition seeking to cancel Guo’s birth certificate before a Tarlac RTC in early July.

On July 10, the Court of Appeals ordered the freezing of bank accounts and personal assets of Guo and two others following a petition from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC).

The Senate issued an arrest order against Guo and others for repeatedly failing to attend the upper chamber’s investigation into the raided POGO hub in her town. The order was dated July 11.

On July 29, the Office of the Solicitor General filed a quo warranto petition against Guo, asking a Manila court to declare Guo’s proclamation as Bamban mayor null and void and for her to be ousted.

August

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc approved the recommendation of its law department to initiate a motu propio complaint for material misrepresentation in her mayoral candidacy papers amid questions about her identity and nationality.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue filed a tax evasion complaint against Guo and others before the DOJ on August 14.

On August 30, a total of 87 counts of money laundering were filed against Guo and 35 others at the DOJ in relation to the raided POGO hubs in Bamban and Porac, Pampanga.

The former mayor left the country in July with her alleged siblings, Shiela and Wesley Guo.

Guo was nabbed by Indonesian authorities in Tangerang City early Wednesday morning. 

She is currently detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame.

September

Guo’s graft case was transferred from a Capas court to a Valenzuela City court.

On September 17, the Department of Justice filed qualified human trafficking charges against Guo and others before a Pasig court.

The Pasig RTC later ordered Guo’s transfer from the PNP Custodial Center to the Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory.

She was transferred to the Pasig City Jail on September 23.

The former mayor left the country in July with her alleged siblings, Shiela and Wesley Guo.

Guo was nabbed by Indonesian authorities in Tangerang City early Wednesday morning.
— VBL/RF, GMA Integrated News