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00:00We are now in the custody of the Philippine National Police at Camp Krames, Dismissed Mayor Alice Guo.

00:05The PNP said that she will be treated as a normal detainee and will remain in an ordinary room.

00:12Let's find out the situation there live from Krames where we have with us Maris Umali. Maris?

00:18The security of the authorities is tight because of the death threat that Alice Guo is facing.

00:30We can see that the authorities are patrolling the area and the media is also monitoring the situation for Alice Guo's next moves.

00:42Before this happened, the situation here is quiet.

00:48Last 3 o'clock, 3.06 to be exact, Alice Guo was brought here to the PNP Custodial Center on a coaster.

00:57At this point, we will talk to DILG Secretary Benher Abalos to give us more details on what will happen next to Alice Guo.

01:08Good morning to all of you. This is Secretary Abalos, Maris Umali. We are live on Unang Balita.

01:13Yes Maris. Good morning to all of our listeners and viewers. Good morning.

01:19First of all, congratulations and we're sorry. We heard and felt the fatigue in your voices.

01:29We're sorry and we need to wake you up.

01:32First of all, Alice Guo mentioned to you that she has death threats. Where did the death threats come from and what did you tell her?

01:45What she said is that she's afraid of her life because she asked General Marvill for a few minutes to talk to us.

01:58General said that we can tape and get a video of this so we can record it.

02:05She didn't agree to be taped. That's why we documented it so it will be clear.

02:14When she said that she has death threats, what I told her is not to be afraid.

02:23Tell the authorities, whoever they are, and we will take care of her life. We promised them to General Marvill.

02:37Secretary, did he mention to you how the death threats came to him, through text messages, through calls?

02:50How persistent are these death threats that came to him?

02:54He didn't mention how it came to him. He said it in a very generic way to the General.

03:04It's important for us and General Marvill to finish our mission to get him back.

03:10Of course, he can tell the truth to the Senate and the House of Representatives. He can point out who these people are.

03:22Secretary, you mentioned that we should get Alice Guo from Indonesia and get her back here in the Philippines before dawn.

03:31Because if not, she will be in danger. Can you just expound on this sir?

03:36Yes. When it was dawn, I was in Bicol and I received a call from General Marvill.

03:43You know that this operation was a result of the so-called police-to-police.

03:49We have an agreement in Indonesia that if they are caught and we are caught in any activity, our police and their police will help.

04:01They told Alice Guo that we should act until the first thing in the morning.

04:09We don't have time for that. When I was in Bicol, I was looking for an airplane because if you use a commercial airfare,

04:20it's very difficult and you have a protocol because you have a person to handcuff. It's very heavy.

04:27So I asked for help from my friend. I brought an airplane and I repeated to our countrymen that my government did not spend any money on this.

04:37Because we are afraid and the deadline was set for us, if we cannot do this, they will get Alice Guo back in the morning.

04:45That's why we immediately went to Indonesia.

04:48Thank you. Speaking of private planes, Secretary, can you tell us who owns this plane?

04:58Yes. My friend, Mr. Chen. He owns this plane.

05:06All right. Secretary, we just want to clarify because now, he has a warrant of arrest.

05:15Aside from the Senate, he also has a warrant from the Kapas-Tarlac Regional Trial Court.

05:20We understand that this will take precedence over the Senate warrant of arrest.

05:26So what will be the next step? Where will Alice Guo be brought? Will she be brought to Tarlac to return the warrant of arrest to her?

05:36Will she be brought to the Senate hearing after all of this?

05:42This is so our countrymen can understand. Alice Guo has a contempt charge from the Senate.

05:52That's why we arrested her.

05:56But if you remember, we filed a case against her in the DILG, that's why she was preventively suspended by the Ombudsman.

06:04This case filed by the DILG proved to be a criminal case in which she was charged by the Ombudsman against Alice Guo.

06:16Yesterday, the RTC-Kapas issued a warrant of arrest.

06:26If you notice, when we arrived, Alice Guo was immediately charged with warrant of arrest.

06:35She was charged, she was fingerprinted, she was charged by the CIDG.

06:42Because of this, she is now being posthumously charged by the CIDG.

06:52This is the only reason. It's important to follow the process of the law.

06:59The process is that she has a warrant of arrest and she's under the CIDG.

07:06If there's a hearing later and we don't control the court, we will follow the order of the court.

07:14Maybe the court and the Senate will decide what to do.

07:18We will just follow the law. That's how the PNP will do this.

07:24All right. Very quickly, Secretary.

07:28We noticed that there's a special treatment for Alice Guo.

07:34Some government officials took pictures of Alice Guo.

07:38What can you say about this, Secretary?

07:40First of all, this is the third time that General Martillo has done this.

07:45That was the time when he gave us time to sit down and tell us if he can say something.

07:57He said it in a desperate manner.

07:59I remember that he wanted General Martillo to record this.

08:03That's why he took pictures.

08:05To be honest, Maris, I was looking at the camera and I don't know what his pose was.

08:10I don't know if he was acting cute or something.

08:13Of course, you're looking at him, not at her.

08:19Second, this is what I hope our countrymen will know.

08:24We went there and we don't know if we can get Alice Guo or not.

08:29This is a big risk for us.

08:31If we don't get her, we will be ashamed and we will laugh.

08:35Our mission here is to get her.

08:38We talked for a long time with Indonesia.

08:41I talked with them for almost an hour, along with Chief Marville,

08:45to request that we get Alice Guo.

08:49This is not a joke.

08:51And yet, we took this.

08:53We did this. This is not a joke. This is our job.

08:57We did our best.

08:59I can only say, mission accomplished.

09:02We will get Alice Guo.

09:04I would like to thank the Philippine National Police, the D.I. and the N.B.I.

09:15Congratulations for the successful and safe arrest of Alice Guo and for bringing her back to the country.

09:23Thank you very much for your time and for the information you gave us, DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos.

09:29Good morning to you. Take care.

09:31Thank you very much.

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