Alice Guo was upset by a report calling her a Chinese spy: “It’s so unfair!”

The Philippine Interior Department said it would investigate allegations by a Chinese criminal gang leader that Guo was another spy.

MANILA, Philippines — Alice Guo, the disgraced former mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, was visibly upset on Friday, September 7 when the House Quad committee showed Al Jazeera interview with the leader of a Chinese criminal gang, She Zhijiang, calling her a Chinese spy.

Breaking from her monotonous assertion of her right to remain silent, Guo was eager to respond to questions Friday night about She Zhijiang, at one point even rolling her eyes. “Your honor, unjust naman po sa akin, hindi ko po siya kilala, never po akong humingi ng campaign fund… Gusto ko rin pong separating sa lahat ng kababayan ko to buong Pilipinas… hindi po ako spy, totally hindi po, hindi po ako spy, “ Guo exclaimed.

(Your Honor, this is so unfair to me, I don’t know him and I never asked for campaign funds. I want to tell my fellow citizens and the whole country that I am not a spy, absolutely not , I am not a spy.)

She Zhijiang, who is a criminal gambling leader known to global operators, is being held in a prison in Thailand and claims that the reason China is deciding to deport him is to kill him because he is a spy. Included in the files submitted by She Zhijiang was a file on Guo Hua Ping, Guo’s purported true Chinese identity, and which showed a local address in Fujien Province that is believed to be a local office of the Chinese Communist Party. She Zhijiang said Guo also asked her for campaign funds.

She Zhijiang said: “Guo Hua Ping, China cannot be trusted. We both dedicated our lives to China’s Ministry of State Security. Look what happened to me.

“If you don’t want to be eliminated, you must tell the truth to the world,” She Zhijiang said.

That was all Guo had said since she was arrested in Indonesia, and she even threatened to find a way to sue the detained Zhijiang.. “Gusto ko po magdemanda (I want to sue),” Guo said, later adding: “

Guo was so upset that PBA Partylist Rep. Migs Nograles told her to “relax.”

Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos told Rappler, “Certainly the DILG-PNP (Department of the Interior and Local Government – ​​Philippine National Police) should investigate these allegations. »

The Presidential Commission to Combat Organized Crime (PAOCC) declined to comment.

She Zhijiang’s Philippine business

She Zhijiang was born in China but a Cambodian citizen. He owns the Yatai International Holding Group and has been linked to human trafficking and cyber fraud, much like what Guo is accused of for his incorporation of a compound that was used for an illegal POGO hub ( Philippine offshore gaming operator).

Prior to his arrest in August 2022, She Zhijiang was “known to have a strong portfolio of businesses and investments throughout Southeast Asia, and particularly in Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines, spanning sectors such as real estate, construction, entertainment and blockchain.” technology,” according to a 2024 report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

In the Al Jazeera report, She Zhijiang said he was recruited to be a spy in the Philippines in 2016. She Zhijiang claims that because he was already on the run at that time, avoiding an arrest warrant from China for illegal gambling, his recruiter instead offered to drop the matter. in exchange for becoming a spy.

Nograles pointed out that She Zhijiang’s business resembles what happened in Bamban, Tarlac: the hubs he operates also resemble Guo’s Baofu. The trend, Nograles said, was very evident, including viewing Filipino nationals as “models.”

Guo’s rise in local politics in Bamban, Tarlac, was disconcerting as she beat dynastic odds there, winning as an independent candidate on her first try. While Guo claims she divested from Baofu before running for mayor, court certifications indicate that divestiture was false. Guo claimed once again on Friday that she was Filipino and that Li Wen Yi, her alleged mother, was the partner of her Chinese father.

“There seems to be some measure, some standard, maybe some mission order for the spies, and it’s sad that they came into the Philippines, and we allowed them,” Nograles said in Filipino.

“They took advantage of our country, our laws, our citizens and our resources,” Nograles said. – Rappler.com