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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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