『Philippines,Pilipinas,菲律宾』 5 anti-human trafficking, anti-scams, anti-cybercrime, love scam, POGOs, Alice Guo, 郭华萍 2024.9.13-9.17

Shiela Guo tells of boat transfer amid rough sea

Shiela Guo, one of the companions of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, said they transferred from a small boat to a bigger vessel in the middle of a rough sea as they left the country in July.

At the continuation of the Senate Committee on Women’s investigation into Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), Shiela said she, Alice, and Wesley Guo climbed a ladder from the larger ship despite the bumpy conditions.

Asked by panel chairperson Sen. Risa Hontiveros if the sea was “maalon” or choppy, Shiela said, “Medyo po.”

(It was a bit.)

“‘Pag nahulog, dire-diretso sa tubig?” Senate Presiden Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada asked.

(If you fell, it would have been straight into the sea?)

“Opo,” Shiela said with a small chuckle.

At one of the previous Senate hearings, Alice said that she, Wesley, and Shiela left the country by sea.

She said that they climbed aboard a yacht docked at a port in Metro Manila and left at around 10 p.m. sometime in July.

After traveling on the yacht, she said they shifted to a bigger vessel, but added that she doesn’t know the exact location where they made the transfer.

On August 27, Shiela confirmed to the same Senate panel that she and her siblings left the Philippines by riding several boats.

From a small white boat, she said they transferred to a bigger boat which she could can accommodate many people. The second ship appears to be a fishing ship because there were nets on it, according to her.

After that, Shiela said they transferred again to a smaller boat which carried them to Malaysia.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) earlier said it would revise its pre-departure inspection regulations on private boats amid the claim of Alice Guo that they left the Philippines via three boat transfers and one of the vessels used was a yacht.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) also said it was looking for the yacht the Guos allegedly used.

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Shiela Guo 讲述在波涛汹涌的大海中转船的经历

被解职的巴姆班·塔拉克市市长艾丽斯·郭的同伴之一希拉·郭说，他们于 7 月离开该国时，在波涛汹涌的大海中从一艘小船换乘到了一艘大船。

在参议院妇女事务委员会对菲律宾离岸博彩运营商（POGO）进行持续调查时，希拉表示，尽管路途颠簸，她、艾丽斯和韦斯利·郭还是爬了梯子。

当小组主席里萨·洪蒂维罗斯参议员问到海面是否“波涛汹涌”时，希拉回答说“Medyo po”。（有一点。）

Ex-police chief allegedly took bribe to help Alice Guo, siblings flee Philippines

MANILA: A former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief allegedly received a bribe to help dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her siblings escape the country despite being under an immigration lookout bulletin.

This information was revealed during the Senate panel on women’s ongoing investigation into illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) on Tuesday (Sept 17), when Senator Risa Hontiveros asked law enforcement officials if intelligence reports indicated that a high-ranking official received a P200 million bribe to facilitate the escape.

Hontiveros previously revealed that Guo and her siblings gave the money to exit the country without being detected by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and other law enforcement agencies.

Shiela Guo, who was earlier identified as Alice’s sister, said that she was unaware of the money supposedly used to evade arrest.

When the senator asked if there are other personalities involved in the alleged bribery from the information gathered by the intelligence community, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) Senior Vice President of Security and Monitoring Cluster Retired General Raul Villanueva said that they gathered information that a former PNP chief allegedly received a bribe.

“Not PNP unit but personalities…I think it was mentioned that [it was] a former chief of PNP,” Villanueva added.

Hontiveros asked Villanueva what kind of assistance the PNP personnel provided to Guo. The Pagcor official said that he can’t confirm the information.

“I don’t know the exact aid supported but it is still not yet confirmed if [the PNP official] gave, was given, or received, or if there were witnesses. That’s what we only heard in the intelligence community. I’m out of the loop lately, I can’t confirm,” Villanueva noted.

Villanueva also said that he does not know the name “except there were some rumours in the intelligence community that [it was] a former chief of PNP.”

Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada proceeded to ask if it was just a gossip to which Villanueva said that the “intelligence community is still verifying.”

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参议院周二的调查是该参议院对被解职的班班市长郭华萍进行的第 13 次听证会。

周二（2024 年 9 月 17 日），被解职的塔拉克省班班市市长 Alice Guo 再次出席参议院对帕赛市非法菲律宾离岸博彩运营商的调查。Guo 和邦阿西楠省苏阿尔市市长 Liseldo Calugay 否认与 POGO 有任何形式的合作关系和联系。

据称，菲律宾国家警察局（PNP）前局长收受贿赂，帮助被解职的班班、塔拉克市市长艾丽斯·郭及其兄弟姐妹逃离菲律宾，尽管他们正受到移民监视通告的监视。

这一信息是在周二（9 月 17 日）参议院妇女小组对菲律宾非法离岸博彩运营商 (Pogos) 进行调查时披露的，当时参议员里萨·洪蒂维罗斯 (Risa Hontiveros) 询问执法官员，情报报告是否表明一名高级官员收受了 2 亿比索的贿赂以协助其逃跑。

当参议员询问，根据情报界收集到的信息，是否还有其他人物参与了涉嫌贿赂行为时，菲律宾娱乐和博彩公司（Pagcor）安全和监控部门高级副总裁、退役将军劳尔·维拉纽瓦（Raul Villanueva）表示，他们收集到的信息表明，一名前菲律宾国家警察局长涉嫌收受了贿赂。

洪蒂维罗斯询问维拉纽瓦菲律宾国家警察局人员为郭提供了何种帮助。维拉纽瓦表示，他无法证实这一信息。

“我不知道具体援助金额是多少，但目前还无法确认 [菲律宾国家警察局官员] 是否给予、被给予或接受过援助，或者是否有证人。这是我们只在情报界听到的消息。我最近没有消息，无法确认，”维拉纽瓦指出。

维拉纽瓦还表示，他不知道这个名字，“只是情报界有传言说，他是菲律宾国家警察局前局长。”

参议院临时议长 Jinggoy Estrada 继续询问这是否只是谣言，Villanueva 表示“情报界仍在核实。”

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Ex-PNP chief allegedly bribed to help Alice Guo escape —PAGCOR exec

A former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief allegedly helped dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo leave the country.

That’s according to PAGCOR official Raul Villanueva, a retired general and former commander at the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP), as he answered a question from Senator Risa Hontiveros during a Senate probe on illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO).

Hontiveros asked Villanueva about the possibility of government officials who may have helped Guo escape in exchange for a huge sum.

“May pinag-uusapan na ‘yung sa border immigration, di ko lang alam ‘yung exact amount, including PNP official pero hindi ko pa din confirmed ‘yun,” Villanueva said.

(There were talks that in the border immigration, I don’t know the exact amount, a PNP official was included but that is not yet confirmed.)

Hontiveros then asked, “alin pong PNP units ang binabanggit sa usapan (which PNP units were involved)?”

“Hindi PNP po unit Ma’am eh (Not a PNP unit), but personalities… I think it was mentioned, a former chief PNP,” said Villanueva.

When asked who it was, the PAGCOR official said “I don’t know, Ma’am.”

According to Villanueva, the alleged former PNP chief is rumored to be part of Guo’s “monthly payroll” but this is still under verification.

“Ang parang usapan dun ma’am parang ‘yung parang nasa payroll, ‘yung monthly payroll ever since (They said that person is in the monthly payroll ever since),” Villanueva said.

“Hindi ko din ma-ascertain ‘yan, Ma’am, kung kanino galing ‘yung report, Ma’am (I cannot ascertain where the report came). It’s just parang rumors lang within the intelligence community. I think they are validating it right now. I even went to NICA last week, but there’s no information about it, Ma’am,” Villanueva added.

At the latter part of the hearing, Guo categorically denied that there was a “payroll” for police officers.

“Wala pong ganun pong nangyayari (There’s nothing like that happening.),” the former mayor said.

Hontiveros expressed dismay over the information on Guo’s monthly payroll.

“It gets worse and worse. Kanina bad enough ‘yung magbayad di umano ng 100 milyong pisong suhol para makatakas ang isang Guo Hua Ping. Even worse kung historically may monthly payroll,” Hontiveros said.

(It was bad enough that they paid P100 million bribe to let Guo Hua Ping escape. Even worse was if there’s a monthly payroll.)

Hontiveros also asked Villanueva about any information on PNP acting police commander of Northern Luzon Pol. Maj. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr. on the alleged bribery.

According to Villanueva, Caramat is “part of the information” but he is not sure of the reports.

“I’m not really sure kung ‘yun ang narinig ko. He is part of the information. Hindi ko masyadong sigurado. Wala naman kaming formal communication with most of the intelligence officers. One or two lang ang bumanggit sa akin,” he said.

“I’m not really sure if that was what I heard. He is part of the information. I am not sure. I have no formal communication with most of the intelligence officers. I have only talked with one or two.)

“Yung information…parang may sinabi lang sila sa CIDG pero walang specific name na General Caramat, Ma’am,” he added.

“They mentioned someone in the CIDG but General Caramat was not specifically named.)

Caramat, for his part, said he has no information on the supposed involvement of a former PNP chief in Guo’s escape.

“I haven’t got any information regarding that matter,” he said.

For its part, the PNP representative said that they have not received any report yet on bribery on their officers.

“So far po, wala po kaming report with regards po kung may mga nasuhulan na PNP personnel. But despite of that po ay ‘yung aming intelligence community ay tuloy tuloy po ang kanilang pag-coordinate sa ibang agencies para malaman kung may mga PNP personnel na involved din. We will file the necessary case po kung may mga evidence po kaming makukuha,” PNP Deputy Director for Administration Pol. Brig. Gen. Raul Tacaca said.

(So far, we have not received reports if PNP personnel were bribed. Despite of that, our intelligence community continues to coordinate with other agencies if PNP personnel were involved. We will file the necessary case once we gather enough evidence.)

Villanueva also said that some high-ranking immigration official may have also been involved, according to intel report.

“May mga usap-usapan within intelligence community, pero wala pa pong confirmation kung may witnesses na meron talaga nabigyan. Pero ‘yun po ang usap-sapan (There were talks within the intelligence community but there is no confirmation if there are witnesses to the supposed bribery). They’re still validating it,” he said.

BI Intelligence Division chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. said they have received intelligence information on the alleged P200 million bribe but they are still validating reports on the person who received it.

The National Bureau of Investigation said they are also looking at all angles on the alleged bribery, but they cannot comment yet on the investigation and intelligence gathering that is being conducted.

The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency also refused to give specific progress on their investigation, but assured the Senate panel that they will give reports on any development.

BI nabs 5 Chinese fugitives

BICUTAN, Taguig–The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the arrest of four Chinese nationals wanted by authorities in Beijing for various crimes.

In a statement, BI Officer-in-Charge Joel Anthony Viado identified those arrested as Wei Hanbing, 33; Wang Bo, 32; Wang Zhaoshan, 37; and Guo Dong, 26.

Viado said operatives from the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU) arrested the aliens in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City last Aug. 31 following their arrest by elements of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).

Citing information from the Chinese government, Viado bared that Wei Hanbing is wanted for concealment of crime related to income while Wang Bo and Wang Zhaoshan are wanted for fraud. Guo Dong is being sought for engaging in illegal business.

It was learned that the fugitives were among the foreign nationals arrested by the police during a raid of a suspected crypto currency investment and love scam hub in Parañaque City last Aug. 22.

The raided establishment was allegedly operating under the guise of a licensed offshore gaming operator to conceal its nefarious activities.

Meanwhile, the BI also reported the arrest of two other fugitives in separate operations by the FSU.

BI FSU Chief Rendel Ryan Sy shared the arrest of Wu Hsih Hsu, a 53-year-old Taiwanese man, last September 5 at the BI’s head office in Intramuros.

Wu was tagged as an undesirable alien after the BI received information from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines that he faces a Warrant of Arrest for Rape filed before a Taiwan court in 2005. He was also found to be overstaying for over 20 years.

Last September 8, FSU agents also arrested Chinese national Zhang Xi, 38, along Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Parañaque City.

Zhang is wanted by the Chinese government and the Interpol. Two warrants of arrest was issued against him by the Cyber Police Branch of Daqing Municipal Public Security Bureau in 2023 for Illegal Control of Computer Information Systems in Violation of the Article 285 of China’s Criminal Law.

He was said to head an online criminal group that has designed a computer virus that obtained personal information of its victims for use in fraud-related activities.

The syndicate was said to have illegally hacked and remotely controlled around 4,200 computers in China amounting to over CNY 7 Million worth of ill-gotten profits since 2023.

Viado said all 6 aliens remain in the BI’s holding facility in Taguig pending their eventual deportation.

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比库坦，塔吉格——移民局（BI）宣布逮捕了四名因多项罪行而被中国通缉的中国公民。

移民局负责人乔尔安东尼维亚多 (Joel Anthony Viado) 在一份声明中确认，被捕人员分别为魏汉兵 (33 岁)、王博 (32 岁)、王兆山 (37 岁) 和郭栋 (26 岁)。

维亚多表示，移民局逃犯搜查组 (FSU) 的特工于去年 8 月 31 日在塔吉格市巴贡迪瓦营地逮捕了这些外国人，此前他们被国家首都区警察局 (NCRPO) 的人员逮捕。

维亚多援引中国政府消息称，魏汉兵因涉嫌隐瞒收入罪被通缉，王博和王兆山因涉嫌诈骗被通缉，郭栋因从事非法经营被通缉。

据了解，这些逃犯是警方去年 8 月 22 日在突袭帕拉纳克市一处涉嫌加密货币投资和爱情诈骗中心时逮捕的外国人之一。

据称，被突击搜查的机构假借持有执照的离岸博彩运营商的名义进行经营，以掩盖其邪恶活动。

与此同时，移民局还报告称，FSU 在单独的行动中逮捕了另外两名逃犯。

移民局海外安全部门负责人 Rendel Ryan Sy 透露，9 月 5 日，移民局在马尼拉城内市移民局总部逮捕了 53 岁台湾男子 Wu Hsih Hsu。

Wu Hsih Hsu因涉嫌强奸罪于 2005 年在台湾法院被提起逮捕，此后移民局从驻菲律宾台北经济文化办事处 (TECO) 得到情报，将Wu Hsih Hsu列为不受欢迎外国人。同时，Wu Hsih Hsu还被发现逾期居留超过 20 年。

去年9月8日，FSU特工还在帕拉纳克市迪奥斯达多马卡帕加尔大道逮捕了38岁的中国公民张曦。

张受到中国政府和国际刑警组织的通缉。大庆市公安局网络警察分局于2023年两次对他发出逮捕令，罪名是非法控制计算机信息系统，违反了《中国刑法》第285条。

据称，他是一个网络犯罪集团的头目，该集团设计了一种计算机病毒，可以获取受害者的个人信息，用于与欺诈有关的活动。

据称，该集团自 2023 年以来非法入侵并远程控制了中国约 4,200 台计算机，获取了价值超过 700 万元人民币的不义之财。

维亚多表示，所有 6 名外国人仍被关押在塔吉格移民局的拘留所，等待最终被驱逐出境。

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4 Chinese tagged in scam hub nabbed

MANILA, Philippines — Four Chinese were arrested recently during a raid on a suspected cryptocurrency investment and love scam hub in Parañaque City.

The facility reportedly posed as a licensed Philippine offshore gaming operator to conceal its illegal activities.

Wei Hanbing, 33; Wang Bo, 32; Wang Zhaoshan, 37, and Guo Dong, 26 were detained on Aug. 31 at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig.

Authorities have turned them over to the Bureau of Immigration (BI).

Meanwhile, Zhang Xi, 38, who is wanted by the Chinese government and the Interpol, was apprehended on Sept. 8 in Parañaque, according to BI fugitive search unit chief Rendel Ryan Sy.

Zhang allegedly led an online criminal ring that designed a computer virus to remotely control around 4,200 computers in China, which gained over seven million yuan in ill-gotten profits since 2023.

In another operation, Taiwanese Wu Hsih Hsu, 53, was arrested by the BI on Sept. 5.

A warrant of arrest for rape was issued against Wu in 2005 by a court in Taiwan, the BI said, citing the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Manila.

Wu overstayed in the Philippines for over 20 years, according to the BI.

DOJ probing P1-billion bribe allegedly offered by Alice Guo

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating claims that dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo offered a P1-billion bribe to a Filipino-Chinese trader to help resolve her legal troubles.

He issued the remark after former senator Panfilo Lacson claimed his friend – who had contacts within the circle of the First Family – was approached by Guo before she exited the country.

Lacson said his friend did not help Guo with her request.

“We are waiting for the result of the investigations being done on her background. We are already pursuing what senator Lacson said. We’re aware that there’s more to it than meets the eye,” Remulla said, emphasizing that Guo is not an “ordinary” felon and is “extremely talented.”

“Her game runs deep. Her game is very sophisticated,” he added.

The DOJ chief believes a huge amount of money, possibly amounting to billions of pesos, is being circulated to secure the former mayor.

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司法部正在调查 Alice Guo（郭华萍） 涉嫌行贿 10 亿比索

菲律宾马尼拉——司法部长赫苏斯·克里斯宾·雷穆拉表示，司法部正在调查被解职的班班市市长艾丽斯·郭向一名菲律宾裔华人商人提供 10 亿比索贿赂以帮助解决她的法律纠纷的指控。

此前，前参议员潘菲洛·拉克森 (Panfilo Lacson) 声称，他的朋友在出境前曾与郭接触过，而他的这位朋友与第一家庭圈子里有联系。

拉克森说，他的朋友并没有帮助郭实现她的请求。

“我们正在等待对她的背景调查结果。我们已经开始追查拉克森参议员所说的内容。我们知道事情远比表面上看起来的要复杂得多，”雷穆拉说，并强调郭不是“普通”重罪犯，而且“才华横溢”。

“她玩得非常老练，”他补充道。

司法部负责人认为，为保护这位前市长，有人动用了巨额资金，可能高达数十亿比索。

DOJ to file human trafficking raps vs Alice Guo, says PAOCC

Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors have approved the filing of charges against dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo and several others for qualified human trafficking, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said Friday.

“Our task group will file the information in Capas, Tarlac next week,” said PAOCC spokesperson Winston Casio said on X (formerly Twitter).

In a press conference, Justice Undersecretary Nicky Ty said that under the law, individuals who organize an establishment engaged in human trafficking may be held accountable for human trafficking.

“So ‘yung depensa ng kampo ni Alice Guo at ng iba pang mga respondent na hindi naman sila ‘yung nag-recruit, hindi sila ‘yung nanakit, hindi sila nag-torture o kung anu-ano man ng biktima ng human trafficking, hindi uubra ‘yan sa bagong batas natin,” Ty said.

(The defense of Alice Guo’s camp and other respondents is that they didn’t recruit, didn’t harm, didn’t torture, or commit any other human trafficking offenses against the victims, this won’t fly under our new law.)

“Basta mapakita na may kinalaman ka sa pagtayo o pag-organize ng isang kumpanya na nadawit sa human trafficking, maaari kang makasuhan ng human trafficking,” he added.

(As long as it is shown that you have a connection to the establishment or organization of a company involved in human trafficking, you can be charged with human trafficking.)

Aside from Guo, Ty said the DOJ will also file charges against Zhang Ruijin, Lin Baoying, and Huang Zhiyang, whom the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) had identified as the so-called boss of all bosses of illegal POGOs.

Also included was former Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC) deputy director general Dennis Cunanan, as well as other incorporators, according to Ty.

For his part, Casio said that the trafficking in persons would not have happened if the “foreign financiers” and “partners” of Guo did not come into the picture.

“The crimes that are alleged to have been committed by Alice Guo [would] not have happened if these people did not enable her through their finances. So very important na makasuhan din sila,” Casio said.

Meanwhile, Ty declined to name all respondents, saying this may prompt them to run from the law.

“Hindi muna namin sasabihin lahat dahil may risk, ‘no, baka may flight risk kung malaman nila na kasama sila sa mga nakasuhan at hindi pa sila kasama sa ILBO na in-issue ni [Justice] Secretary [Jesus Crispin] Remulla sa BI,” Ty said.

(We won’t reveal everything yet because there’s a risk, in case they find out they’re included in the charges and haven’t been listed in the ILBO issued by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla to the BI.)

Meanwhile, Cunanan’s lawyer Je Clerigo said his client’s camp has yet to receive a copy of the DOJ resolution on the matter.

“Our comment is, this is totally unexpected because, if you read the Complaint in all of the cases in the DOJ, there is absolutely no evidence that Dennis is a conspirator in any conspiracy,” Clerigo said.

GMA News Online has sought comment from Guo’s camp but has yet to receive a response as of posting time.

PAOCC and the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) filed the complaint against Guo in June. It was submitted for resolution on August 6.

Guo later filed a motion to reopen the investigation and admit her counter-affidavit, which her camp filed on August 16 and then refiled on September 6.

The counter affidavit was notarized on August 14 in San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. The lawyer who notarized it, however, has admitted to notarizing the document even though Guo did not personally swear before him.

According to Ty, the prosecutors did not give mind to the counter affidavit submitted by Guo.

“Alam naman natin kung bakit, ano? Dahil lumalabas talaga na hindi siya humarap sa notaryo publiko. At bukod doon ‘no, kasi hindi naman talaga general rule na puwede sa notaryong publiko eh,” Ty said.

(We all know why, right? It’s because she really didn’t show up in front of a notary public. And aside from that, it’s not a general rule that it can be done with a notary public anyway.)

Ty also said that the complaint could have been resolved sooner but there were many “delaying tactics,” especially on the part of Guo’s lawyers.

“Tuwing mga preliminary investigation, ‘yung mga abugado niya humihiling ng extension o ng resetting dahil hindi daw maka-appear si Alice Guo dahil natatakot o dahil gusto niya bantayan ‘yung kanyang mental health,” he said.

Guo supposedly left the country on July 18. The DOJ’s preliminary probe was held on July 5, July 22, and August 6.

Meanwhile, Ty said this will be the template for future cases.

“Tingin ko sa mga susunod na araw kung madami pa tayong mga kasong ifa-file, itong ginawa ng team sa Bamban, ‘no, sa pamumuno ni Chief Benjie, ito magiging template sa mga future cases,” Ty said.

(I think that in the coming days, if we have more cases to file, the work done by the team in Bamban, under the leadership of Chief Benjie, will serve as a template for future cases.)

Aside from this, Guo is also facing a graft case before a Tarlac court and a money laundering complaint before the DOJ.

The graft case was transferred to a Valenzuela court earlier.

Guo was arrested in Indonesia on September 4 and was brought back to the Philippines on September 6.

In a separate Senate investigation last August 27, Guo’s supposed sister, Shiela Guo, told the senators that they left the Philippines by riding several boats.

Alice Guo confirmed this during Monday’s Senate hearing, saying they left the Philippines through boats, one of which was a yacht.

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DOJ to file qualified trafficking charges vs Alice Guo, accomplices

Citing sufficient evidence found in their preliminary investigation, state prosecutors will file next week qualified trafficking in persons charges versus disgraced former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.

Justice Undersecretary Nicholas Felix Ty announced this development Friday in a press conference with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) spokesperson Winston Casio and fiscal Benjamin Samson.

“The preliminary investigation ruled that there’s prima facie evidence for qualified human trafficking in persons against Mayor Guo. The information was established and we will file this information before the court next week,” Ty said.

“We thank the prosecution panel who worked hard during the preliminary investigation. This case is very complicated. As you notice, the resolution is extremely thick and it has so many details,” the DOJ official added.

Ty explained that Guo’s culpability was determined based on a provision under the ‘Expanded Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012,’ which amended Republic Act 9208, stipulating that those who organized or directed persons to commit this criminal offense are just as liable.

“If it was established that you organized a business where acts of human trafficking were committed, you could be charged (of the crime), and that’s what happened to Mayor Alice Guo and her co-respondents,” he said.

Guo was linked to several businesses in Bamban, Tarlac that allegedly hosted illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). These firms reportedly recruited workers, who were tasked to scam individuals, among other organized criminal activities.

Apart from Guo, the DOJ said it will file similar cases versus former Technology Resource Center chief Dennis Cunanan and other Chinese incorporators, including Huang Zhiyang—the alleged ‘boss of all POGO bosses’ in the Philippines.

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总统反有组织犯罪委员会（PAOCC）周五表示，司法部（DOJ）检察官已批准对被解职的 Bamban、Tarlac 市长 Alice Guo（郭华萍） 和其他数人提起人口贩卖指控。

除了郭之外，司法部还将对张瑞金、林宝英和黄志阳提出指控，总统反有组织犯罪委员会（PAOCC）已将黄志阳认定为所有非法离岸博彩公司老板的所谓“老大”。