Pasig court orders Alice Guo transfer to city jail

The Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the transfer of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo to Pasig City from Camp Crame to a city jail in connection with her qualified trafficking case.

In a four-page order, the Pasig RTC Branch 167 directed the transfer of Guo from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center to the Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory.

“[T]he Court finds probable cause to hold accused Alice Leal Guo a.k.a 'Guo Hua Ping...' for trial for the crime/s charged against them,” the court said.

“All the accused in these cases are not entitled to post bail as the charges against them are all non-bailable,” it later added.

Guo and others were charged with violation of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, as amended by the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012 and the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2022.

Among Guo's co-accused were Huang Zhiyang, whom the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission had identified as the "boss of all bosses" of illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs); and Zhang Ruijin.

Meanwhile, the RTC issued an arrest warrant against Huang Zhiyang, Zhang Rujin, Lin Baoying, and former Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC) deputy director general Dennis Cunanan.

GMA News Online has asked the camps of Guo and Cunanan for comment but has yet to receive a response as of posting time.

Guo is also facing a graft case before a Valenzuela court and a money laundering complaint before the Department of Justice.

She is being investigated by both the Senate and the House of Representatives over her alleged links to the raided POGO hub in Bamban as well as her citizenship. —KBK, GMA Integrated News