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FMJ has ‘very good’ idea on who aided Guo
By Nidz Godino
“Very, very good idea… I have very good idea,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said when asked whose heads would roll during chance interview at Malacañang.
President Marcos has “very good” idea on who helped dismissed Bamban, mayor Alice Guo leave Philippines, and vowed to hold them accountable.
FMJ said Department of Justice is “almost” finished with its “very thorough” investigation of Guo’s departure last month.
However, he refused to disclose how many people were involved in Guo’s escape.
“Is there only one person involved or are there many, or is it syndicate…that’s what we are doing… no sacred cows, we will identify all of those who have, all of those who are involved in this, and we will act very quickly,” he said.
The President also confirmed that there will be some personnel from Bureau of Immigration (BI) who will be sacked.
Guo is facing complaints over her alleged involvement in illegal offshore gaming operations in the country.
She reportedly left Philippines on July 18 using her Philippine passport. She flew to Malaysia and Singapore before taking refuge in Indonesia.
Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Guo has been in Jakarta, Indonesia since Aug. 20.
Tansingco said latest information he received was “there is confirmation that she is in Jakarta, Indonesia. She has not left and Indonesian Immigration is closely monitoring her if she will pass through regular ports of entry.”
He added that Guo “flew last Aug. 20 from Batam, Indonesia” and they are already in coordination with their Indonesian counterparts to intercept her if she attempts to leave Jakarta so she can be turned over to Philippine government.
Tansingco claimed Chinese national Wu Duaren is one of those assisting her and her companions in their transfer from one country to another.
Wu is reportedly also person of interest since he has been included in immigration lookout bulletin order in connection with investigation of Philippine offshore gaming operators in Bamban, Tarlac and Porac, Pampanga.
Immigration chief explained Guo and her companions most probably left country through illegal means as their names did not appear on regular exit points on their July records.
However, BI has not yet identified how and which route Guo took in leaving the country.
“Unfortunately, we have more than 7,000 islands and they say there is ‘backdoor.’ Someone could just rent pump boat, go island-hopping and leave country via Sabah, (Malaysia)” Tansingco said.
He also said they are still trying to reconcile route taken, based on information deduced from Shiela’s passport.
If they had taken backdoor, nearest would have been Sabah but “what we cannot reconcile is that on July 18 she already arrived in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, and on July 19 she has stamp of Sabah in her passport and on July 21 she left for Singapore.”
Tansingco has not yet confirmed if any personnel in his bureau is involved in dismissed mayor’s escape as he “trusts that our officers would not do something that they should not do.”
National Bureau of Investigation is also monitoring whereabouts of Guo.
NBI director Jaime Santiago said they are closely monitoring her but the agency cannot yet disclose specific details.
When asked about expected timeline for Guo’s return, NBI chief said “as soon as our authorities locate her.”
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia said there will be no deadline extension for Guo to file her counter-affidavit on misrepresentation charges against her.
Garcia noted poll body already granted motu proprio Guo’s request to extend filing of her counter-affidavit until Sept. 1.
There will be no further extension of deadline as Garcia said one-time “automatic extension” of filing of counter-affidavit for criminal cases is already enough.
Poll body chief added their office is now awaiting whether Guo will personally appear before Comelec or if her legal counsels would submit notarized sworn counter-affidavit, which she needs to sign.
For fairness and in accordance with due process, Garcia said Commission would only accept signed documents.
Guo’s lawyers previously requested for additional 10 days to submit her counter-affidavit.
Comelec legal department will submit case for resolution whether Guo submits her answer to the complaint or not.
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