18-6-2024 (MANILA) In a startling development, newly obtained documents have cast doubt on the claimed origins and identity of Alice Guo, the suspended mayor of Bamban, Tarlac. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has revealed that these documents, obtained from the Board of Investments and the Bureau of Immigration, suggest that Guo first entered the Philippines as a teenager, contradicting her previous claims and birth certificate stating she was born in Tarlac.
According to Gatchalian, the embattled mayor “might be Guo Hua Ping, who entered the Philippines on Jan. 12, 2003 when she was 13 years old.” This revelation directly challenges Guo’s official birth certificate, which lists her date of birth as July 12, 1986, and her place of birth as Tarlac.
The documents sent by Gatchalian to reporters include a photocopy of a passport bearing the name “GUO HAPING,” with Fujian, China listed as the place of birth and August 31, 1990, as the date of birth. Additionally, a document labeled SIRV (Special Investors Resident Visa) states Guo Haping’s nationality as Chinese.
Gatchalian further pointed out that the documents corroborate earlier findings from his office, indicating that Guo Huaping’s registered mother is named “Lin Wenyi.”
These allegations add to the growing confusion surrounding the real identity of the Bamban mayor, who earlier on Tuesday called for a fair investigation into the accusations against her in a letter sent to Malacañang. Her legal representatives stated that Guo’s name has been “dragged unfairly” after a series of Senate hearings sought to clarify her links to the POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator) hub recently raided in Bamban, Tarlac.
On Monday, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission claimed to have gathered sufficient evidence to file a human trafficking case against Guo.
For Gatchalian, these new documents could bolster the potential filing of a quo warranto case against the Bamban mayor, challenging her eligibility to hold public office.
In the letter sent by Guo’s camp to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, she asserted her innocence and denied all accusations against her related to human trafficking, kidnapping, and money laundering. Guo also attributed her shortcomings to a “lack of knowledge” rather than intentional wrongdoing.
