Arrest orders in opposition to Alice Guo, the suspended mayor of Bamban city in Tarlac province, and 7 others have been issued by the Senate after all of them skipped the July 10, 2024, listening to of the committee on girls probing into unlawful Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos). INQUIRER/RICHARD A. REYES
MANILA, Philippines — An arrest order has been issued by the Senate in opposition to Tarlac city Mayor Alice Guo and 7 others after they skipped the July 10 listening to – regardless of due notices – of the committee on girls probing into unlawful Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos).
The arrest orders of the Guo and the seven others had been signed by Panel head Senator Risa Hontiveros and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero.
The arrest orders issued had been for Guo, her relations Sheila Guo, Wesley Leal Guo, Jian Zhong Guo, and Seimen Guo, her suspected mom Wen Yi Lin, her accountant Nancy Gamo, and alleged approved consultant of Pogos Dennis Cunanan.
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Copies of the official arrest orders had been shared with the media by Hontiveros’ workplace on Saturday, July 13.
In line with Hontiveros’ workplace, the arrest orders had been signed late Friday afternoon.
Primarily based on the arrest order for Guo, her refusal to seem earlier than the Senate “delayed, impeded, and obstructed” the inquiry into the reported violation of human trafficking, critical unlawful detention, and bodily abuse and torture within the premises of an web gaming licensee of the Philippine Amusement Gaming Company.
Hontiveros defined that “the issuance of the arrest order is barely step one to creating Mayor Alice Guo or Guo Hua Ping accountable to our legal guidelines.”
“Sa dami ng kasinungalingan at posibleng krimen ni Mayor Alice at ng lahat ng sangkot sa Pogo, this isn’t merely procedural. This arrest order upholds the mandate of the Senate to safeguard the well-being of Filipinos,” she stated in a press release later Saturday.
(Of all of the lies and attainable crimes of Mayor Alice and all concerned in Pogo, this isn’t merely procedural. This arrest order upholds the mandate of the Senate to safeguard the well-being of Filipinos.)
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“Patuloy naming hinihintay sa Senado ang kanyang pagdalo sa susunod na listening to, kasama na ang lahat ng taong nasa listahan na cited in contempt,” Hontiveros additionally stated.
(We repeatedly wait in Senate for her to attend the following listening to, along with all others within the checklist who had been cited for contempt.)
“Magpakita na kayo. Hindi mabubura ng inyong pagtatago ang katotohanan,” she added.
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“Patuloy naming hinihintay sa Senado ang kanyang pagdalo sa susunod na listening to, kasama na ang lahat ng taong nasa listahan na cited in contempt,” Hontiveros additionally stated.
(We repeatedly wait in Senate for her to attend the following listening to, along with all others within the checklist who had been cited for contempt.)
“Magpakita na kayo. Hindi mabubura ng inyong pagtatago ang katotohanan,” she added.
(Present up already. Your hiding is not going to conceal the reality.)
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