Senado, ipinaaaresto na si suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo at pitong iba pa dahil sa paulit-ulit na hindi pagdalo sa pagdinig kaugnay sa ilegal na POGO
Senado, ipinaaaresto na si suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo at pitong iba pa dahil sa paulit-ulit na hindi pagdalo sa pagdinig kaugnay sa ilegal na POGO
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00:00The Senate is now arresting Suspended Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and seven others
00:05for repeatedly not attending the hearing regarding the operation of illegal smuggling in the country.
00:12This is the center of the news of Denisse Osorio.
00:16The Senate issued an arrest order this Saturday against Suspended Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo or Guo Hua Ping
00:23and seven others for not attending the hearings on July 10 regarding the investigation of the Illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations or POGO.
00:32According to the warrant issued by Senator Risa Ontiveros,
00:36it was ordered due to the refusal to face the hearings of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality of Guo and his family.
00:44In addition, their repeatedly not attending the hearings is delaying, impeding, and obstructing the investigation regarding human trafficking,
00:53serious illegal detention, torture violations, and physical abuse in the gaming hub.
00:59Other accused are the family of Guo, Sheila Guo, Wesley Leal Guo, Jianjiong Guo, Seiman Guo, and his mother, Won Yee Lin,
01:09along with Dennis Cunanan and Nancy Gamo.
01:12Yesterday, the Court of Appeals also ordered the Anti-Money Laundering Council to freeze the bank accounts and other assets of Guo and other individuals.
01:21Along with the main individuals in the petition of the AMLC, Mayor Guo and other alleged illegal POGO activities.
01:29According to the document of the AMLC distributed by the office of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian,
01:34there are 36 bank accounts, one helicopter, and many vehicles of Guo.
01:40Among the 70 bank accounts distributed by 14 financial institutions, the Court of Appeals approved the freeze.
01:47Meanwhile, in a post on Guo's official Facebook page, he wrote before the arrest order that he is a Filipino and he does not regret running for politics.
01:57Denise Osorio for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.