Hiniling ng kampo ni Mayor Alice Guo sa Office of the Ombudsman na i-lift o alisin ang suspensyon niya bilang alkalde ng Bamban, Tarlac. Lumabas naman umano sa executive session ng Senado kahapon na tumibay raw ang kaugnayan ni Mayor Guo sa ni-raid na POGO hub sa kanyang bayan.
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00:00 Mayor Alice Goh asked the Ombudsman's office to lift or remove her suspension as the mayor of Bamban, Tarlac.
00:09 It was revealed in the executive session of the Senate yesterday that Mayor Goh's authority in the Pogo Hub raid on her town was strengthened.
00:18 Ma'am Gonzales was the one who pointed it out.
00:22 Not only Mayor Alice Goh, but many influential people were involved in the Pogo complex raid in Bamban, Tarlac, based on the executive session of the Senate yesterday.
00:33 Senator Wynne Gachalian said that the number of Pogos in the Philippines is expanding.
00:38 I was shocked because our intelligence agencies confirmed what we feared, that the roots of the Pogo are deepening.
00:50 Their influence is reaching the politicians and the enforcement agencies like the police and the Bureau of Immigration.
01:03 This is scary because foreign criminal syndicates are funding the local criminal syndicates.
01:14 Mayor Goh's link with the Pogo raid also strengthened in the executive session.
01:19 There is concrete evidence that he has links with the criminal syndicates that organized the Pogo raid in Bamban.
01:31 There are also information that he is moving to have connections with various agencies.
01:41 Again, I cannot detail it, but based on our briefing yesterday in the executive session, he has active participation.
01:51 Until now, the Anti-Money Laundering Council has not yet determined where the money from the Pogo complex was built, which according to Gachalian, is not less than P6 billion.
02:02 It's like a maze. We cannot find the contractor, we cannot find the bank that used it, we cannot find who received the money.
02:11 According to our investigation yesterday, this was pending. But this happened.
02:16 This Baufu land was constructed in 2019. It's 2024 now and the money, P6.1 billion, is continuously entering here, but they did not detect it.
02:28 I'm quite disappointed with the lack of answers.
02:32 The Anti-Money Laundering Council is trying to get GMA Integrated News about this.
02:38 Gachalian's office also tried to find the contractor of Bamban Pogo, a Hauli Builders and Construction Company, but he lost his office and license to become a contractor.
02:49 Meanwhile, Mayor Goh's camp in Ombudsman filed a motion to lift suspension.
02:54 It's been six months. For a case that we don't believe in strong evidence, which is what you need to prove, we are talking about lifting suspension.
03:08 Goh's lawyer also has a message to the Senate.
03:10 We are in a lease hearing. When will it end? When will we pass the law?
03:14 Allegations are not the truth. Allegations are not evidence. If you are alleging something, you are the one who is saying it. You need to prove it.
03:25 Atty. Stephen David added that Mayor Goh will fight until this issue is resolved.
03:30 But Senator Gachalian is confident that the suspension of Mayor Goh will not be lifted, especially if it will affect the ongoing investigations.
03:39 For GMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzales, Nakatutok, 24 Horas.
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