QuadComm to look into allegations vs. Alice Guo in Al Jazeera report —Luistro

The House Quad Committee will continue investigating Alice Guo, including an allegation that the dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor was a Chinese spy, Batangas Representative Gerville Luistro said Monday.

On Friday, Guo and the QuadComm were shown a report by international news channel Al Jazeera's program 101 East that was posted on September 26. The report was on She Zhijiang, a Chinese Cambodian businessman who has been linked to human trafficking, forced labor, and scam sites, and who is currently detained in Thailand.

In the video, She claimed to be a former Chinese spy and said that he had spoken with Guo, whose information was found among his encrypted files.

Guo has denied knowing or having any connection with She.

“We intend to look into the allegation of She, the self-confessed Chinese spy, regarding the veracity of what he stated. Alice Guo is also a Chinese spy. And my colleagues were right. How many Alice Guos do we still have in our government?” Luistro said. 

“We also need to evaluate how much of our land has been transferred under the names of Chinese citizens, and how they are able to abuse our rules on late registration of birth. If you evaluate all these, these concern our national interest and security, [and that] mandates us to be more vigilant, more diligent in continuation of investigation,” she added.

Luistro said that while she is giving Guo the benefit of the doubt, the similarity of her situation with She is something that is already concerning.

“The situation She is in is in the same nature of Lucky South. There’s a POGO [Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators] operation, and behind that POGO operation is human trafficking, internet scam and even murder. How can she deny that she does not know She or that she is not connected with him, at the very least?” she said.

“It is hard to understand why there are so many similarities and in the same documentary, She even sent her a message to the effect of, 'Oh, Alice, China cannot be trusted.' Things like that,” Luistro added.

In a separate interview, House QuadComm chairperson Ace Barbers said the House probe will continue after the filing of candidacy from October 1 to 8. 

“Even if Congress is on break (not in session), the instruction of Speaker Martin Romualdez is to continue with the committee hearings,” Barbers said. 

“We’ll keep at this, and maybe we’ll resume during the third or fourth week of October,” Barbers added. — BM, GMA Integrated News