Suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo (INQUIRER file photo / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE)
MANILA, Philippines — Suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is skipping the Senate panel on women’s Wednesday hearing on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogos).
An official guest list provided by the Senate panel showed that the embattled mayor will be skipping the probe.
The panel did not provide further details.
INQUIRER.net also sought the comment of Guo’s camp, which has yet to respond as of posting time.
Guo has been scrutinized after the Senate committee on women bared her alleged ties to Zun Yuan Technology Inc. — an illegal Pogo hub in Bamban.
Guo, however, repeatedly denied all accusations against her, including being an alleged spy of China.
Earlier, the Office of the Ombudsman placed Guo under a six-month preventive suspension without pay over her alleged ties to Pogo operations as well as questions concerning her citizenship.
A non-bailable offense of qualified human trafficking was also filed before the Department of Justice against Guo over her “link” to illegal Pogo.
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