The Department of Justice of the Philippines suggests filing trafficking charges against the "POGO mayor."

The Department of Justice of the Philippines suggests filing trafficking charges against the "POGO mayor."

 Alice Guo, the disgraced former mayor of Bamban, Philippines, is currently facing multiple accusations, including one related to human trafficking.  The Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO) is believed to have compelled individuals into working under the threat of abuse, and Guo is connected to this organisation.
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 Beginning in the month of June, the Philippine National Police and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) of the Philippines submitted their initial complaint.  Following this, Guo left the nation the following month as a retaliation.  It was determined that she had travelled to Singapore and Malaysia before making her way to Indonesia.  It was on September 3 that she was taken into custody in Jakarta, and she was then brought back to the Philippines.

 Nicholas Ty, the undersecretary of justice, stated in a press conference on September 13 that the Department of Justice has recommended "qualified" charges against Guo in accordance with the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of the country.  The Act states that anyone who is in charge of an organisation that engages in the trafficking of human beings can also be held accountable for the crime.

 A number of additional allegations have been brought against Guo, including tax evasion, money laundering, and misrepresenting information on pre-election forms.

 According to reports, Guo, a Chinese national and the mayor of the Philippines, was a part-owner of the POGO in Bamban, which is located in the province of Tarlac.  She has been accused of being a Chinese spy and is said to have sponsored the facility with money from China on multiple occasions.

 After receiving reports of illicit activity, such as online cryptocurrency and love scams, the POGO was subjected to a raid in the month of March.  A few of the 800 workers who were finally set free testified that they had been beaten and imprisoned.  Following this, the investigators found out that Guo was not a Filipina, as she had previously suggested, but rather a Chinese national by the name of Guo Hua Ping.

 Because of the subsequent outrage, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. decided to put an end to the production of POGOs in its entirety.  An angry Marcos made a promise that "heads would roll" when he found out who had assisted Guo in escaping justice.

 In addition to bribery, spies, and body doubles,
 Guo's alleged "doppelganger" made an appearance at the National Bureau of Investigation to confront allegations of her own, which is the most recent development in this chain of events.

 Following Guo's departure from the Philippines, it was stated that a lookalike assistant called Catherine Salazar would mimic her in public and deny the allegations that were made against her.  Salazar is said to have appeared "with long jet-black hair" in one story, in addition to wearing eyeglasses and a face mask for convenience.  In the meantime, the fugitive changed her appearance as well, "sporting a medium-length hairstyle" as she dodged law authorities.

 In the course of their search for the notorious former mayor at the time, Salazar is accused of intentionally misleading the authorities through his actions.

 In addition to the problems she is already facing, it is possible that Alice Guo/Guo Hua Ping is also facing allegations of attempted bribery.  In a radio interview conducted on September 11th, Panfilo Lacson, a former senator, asserted that she had given ₱1 billion (equivalent to £13.62 million, €16.13 million, or $17.9 million) to any anybody who could make her legal issues disappear.