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Legarda 100 percent convinced Alice Guo's 'not who she says she is'
Legarda 100 percent convinced Alice Guo's 'not who she says she is'
By Dhel Nazario
Senator Loren Legarda said on Thursday, June 20, that she's 100 percent convinced that Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo "is not who she says she is."
"She is not a simple person who grew up in a farm," she said in an interview.
"But then how many more Alice Guos are there? Whether in political office or in the Philippines connected with criminal syndicates," she added.
Guo has repeatedly denied being a Chinese spy, and maintained she holds Filipino citizenship. The mayor also denied having links with POGO companies that were raided by the authorities in Tarlac.
Legarda mentioned that the government should prevent occurrences such as this and be on the lookout for many similar personalities like Guo who have infiltrated the country.
She reiterated her earlier statement that there is a "creeping invasion" that's infiltrating the country's local politics.
Meanwhile, Legarda also lauded the research efforts of Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and Risa Hontiveros.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, June 18, shared a document provided by the Board of Investments from the Guo family's application for a Special Investors Resident Visa (SIRV) and the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
"Alice Guo might be Guo Hua Ping who entered the Philippines on January 12, 2003 when she was 13 years old. Her real birth date is on Aug 31, 1990," he said.
"Guo Hua Ping's registered mother under the SIRV is Lin Wenyi," he added.
Gatchalian first disclosed in an earlier interview that residents of Valenzuela could attest that Lin Wen Yi, a Chinese national, was referred to as Guo’s mother when they were residing in the city.
On Thursday (June 20), he called for an investigation into the proliferation of fake birth certificates which allow unscrupulous individuals to evade immigration laws and perpetrate crimes.
Gatchalian made the call noting how many persons, including foreign nationals secure government-issued identification to circumvent government processes and conduct illegal activities in the country.
Meanwhile, Senator Risa Hontiveros, on the other hand, shared documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showing that Lin Wen Yi is an incorporator involved in numerous businesses of the Bamban, Tarlac local chief executive.
Hontiveros said that Mayor Guo’s co-incorporators in at least seven of her businesses — namely QJJ Group of Companies, QJJ Farms, QJJ Embroidery, QJJ Meat Shop, 3LIN-Q Farm, QJJ Slaughterhouse, and QSeed Genetics — include her siblings Shiela L. Guo and Siemen L. Guo, her father Jian Zhong Guo, and this Lin Wen Yi.
Hontiveros also shared a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) document certifying the birthdates and addresses of Mayor Guo’s co-incorporators, who are alleged to be her family members.