Filipinos online slam gov’t officials over ‘special treatment’ of Alice Guo

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‘A mockery of the Filipino people.’ Social media users say this to describe how government officials treated Alice Guo during her arrest and deportation to the Philippines.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/filipinos-online-reaction-officials-treatment-alice-guo-arrest-september-2024/

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00:00A MOCKERY OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE Social media users say this to describe how
00:06government officials treated Alice Guo during her arrest and deportation to the Philippines.
00:12Users criticized Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos for treating Guo with, quote, so much
00:16deference and even posing for photos with her.
00:20They also questioned Abalos' conversing with Guo despite her being wanted by the Senate
00:24for skipping its hearings on illegal pogos.
00:27But Abalos later denies he was giving special treatment to Guo and calls the comments unfair.
00:33Veteran journalist Linda Homilia Abalos asks why officials had to charter a plane to fly
00:38Guo back to the Philippines.
00:40Social media users also compare how Guo was treated to how law enforcers arrest activists
00:46and government critics.
00:47Guo arrived in the country past 1AM on Friday after Indonesian authorities arrested and
00:52deported her.

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