Ex-PNP chief’s ‘link’ to Alice Guo just baseless rumor, says CIDG

The Philippine National Police's Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Monday said PAGCOR official Raul Villanueva told them that his statement regarding a former PNP chief allegedly linked to Alice Guo was just a rumor and baseless.

Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB, CIDG chief Police Major General Leo Francisco said he discussed the issue with Villanueva.

“Kanina nakipag-usap ako kay Brigadier General Raul Villanueva. Categorically sinabi niya talaga sa akin yun ay rumors lang at wala siyang basehan. Kaya nagulat siya kung bakit naging malaking issue ito,” Francisco said.

(Earlier, I spoke with Brigadier General Raul Villanueva. He categorically told me that it was just rumors and he had no basis. So he was surprised why it became such a big issue.)

Francisco said that Villanueva will make an announcement on the matter on Tuesday.

During a Senate hearing, Villanueva, who used to head the communication electronic information service of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CEISSAFP), said they had received reports that a former PNP chief was part of Guo's "monthly payroll" and had helped Guo leave the country, but that the information was still being verified.

The PNP has launched a probe into the issue. — BM, GMA Integrated News