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00:00More than three months have passed before Dismissed Mamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo met again with the Senate.

00:06Like before, Guo repeatedly avoided answering the questions of the Senators.

00:12First, we will listen to Senator Risa Ontiveros. Good morning Senator.

00:17Good morning to all of our listeners.

00:21You have a different mood. Yesterday, I saw your enthusiasm, not only you but also other Senators.

00:27My BP is going down now.

00:30You're more safe than usual.

00:32Oh my.

00:34But what happened?

00:36Well, before, I don't know Your Honor, but Guo Huaping repeatedly answered the questions.

00:43In this hearing, I always invoke my right against self-incrimination, the new tactic.

00:50Imagine, he can't admit that he is Guo Huaping,

00:54even though he can see the thumbprints of documents proving that he's a Chinese national.

01:03It's frustrating.

01:05That's why I was forced to cite him in contempt for his continuous lies to the committee.

01:12He will be chosen under the custody of the PNP and we will inform the court if he needs to face the Senate hearing again.

01:21The next hearing is scheduled for next week, September 17, Tuesday.

01:27We have many questions, like the real identity of Mayor Calugay, who is the mayor of Suwal, Pangasinan.

01:37We have received a lot of information about the role of the mayor of Pugo, Bamban, and the kidnapping of Alice Guo in the Philippines.

01:49We will verify these. Yes, Igan.

01:52In his response to the Senate yesterday, do you still hope that your questions will be answered by Tuesday?

02:00Well, we still hope, believe it or not Igan, because in our repeated questions,

02:09we have been forced to release some information. For example, their car was stolen from Manila outside the Philippines.

02:23We will also know the details, if it's true and who helped them if the car was really stolen, if it was used outside the Philippines.

02:34The name of a J.P. Samson, a co-incorporator of Alice Guo in the business of buy and sell luxury cars, has also been released.

02:44They have a bank account. This J.P. Samson has been mentioned twice by various resource persons.

02:54It's like J.P. Samson has something to do with it, as long as it's about money.

02:58That's why he will be called for the next hearing.

03:01Senator, earlier, Atty. Stephen David, Alice Guo's lawyer, said that your questions will affect the cases of his clients.

03:13Atty. should know that the Supreme Court ruling can invoke the right against self-incrimination.

03:23If literally, it can incriminate a person. Alice Guo has been citing this and that case against him, but he can't address every question.

03:37Where? In which particular case can that question affect him? For example, the question I asked yesterday is about his identity, right?

03:48It's just a matter of fact. It's not a criminal matter if you're this or that person.

03:55But if he admits it to the Senate, how can he defend himself in court if he has a question about his citizenship, Senator?

04:04The question of citizenship depends on whether it's regular or irregular. For example, his birth certificate.

04:12Unfortunately for them, the PSA said that it's irregular. The issuing authority for that document went to the Office of the Solicitor General

04:26and canceled the birth certificate because it's irregular.

04:30Okay. Yesterday, didn't the committee think that it's better to have an executive session and Alice Guo will have more say than all the Senators asking and not answering?

04:45Well actually, I have a fellow Senator who motioned that and supported it. However, there are those who objected.

04:54That's why I cannot give an answer yesterday in the hearing. As we witnessed, there are still details coming out in the next hearing.

05:05Even regarding our question, who are the people who helped Alice Guo in hiding and escaping.

05:14Even if he admitted his name in writing, the next question is, even if he didn't help her, he's the same person who arranged her wedding.

05:26He's also involved in her life. The story is confusing. But there are details that we can verify.

05:34Do you believe that there's no Filipino or government official who helped her?

05:38No. It's impossible for a single Filipino woman to help them. That's the only person who designed and made their escape.

05:50In fact, there was a painful moment yesterday in the hearing. There was an official who was asked by a fellow Senator if the news that he will be dismissed is true.

06:01He confirmed it and said that he only heard about it from the media.

06:06That's why in my closing remarks in the hearing, before he was dismissed, I asked if it's just the agency, the BI, and who else, particularly inside the bureau.

06:19That's why the internal investigations of all the agencies are ongoing and unfortunately, they are also being investigated.

06:28Senator Cassandra Leong in the House of Representatives also avoided answering.

06:34But there was a motion or a camera, their committee, the quad committee, that she will be placed in the Women's Correctional if she didn't answer.

06:44She was forced to give some information. Can Alice Guo's situation be the same?

06:51Well, our committee will look into it. As we said, the investigation is in aid of legislation.

06:59Yes. Our main task is to ferret out the truth about those POGOs, Alice Guo or Guo Huaping and her associates who are involved in POGOs and other crimes.

07:17Yes. Is the jurisdiction correct? The ombudsman Samuel Martirez himself said why Tarlac RTC and not the Sandigan Bayan that he said earlier.

07:29Well, I will write to the office of the ombudsman. We also communicated with the court.

07:36Because there's an interesting legal question raised. Until yesterday's hearing, I said that Guo Huaping will remain in the custody of the PNP.

07:50Until the ombudsman resolves that legal question, we will continue to ask the court and the PNP to bring her to the Senate.

08:03But until the legal question is resolved, of course, I'm hoping in favor of the Senate.

08:12Once Alice Guo is released, we will put her under our custody.

08:16Okay. One more thing about their story of how they got out. Sheila Guo is a cow and Alice Guo is a goat. They are not siblings.

08:27It's like the children's song, small circle, small circle, big circle. You don't know, small, medium, large.

08:36But at least, since Guo Huaping and Alice Guo were released yesterday, the goat came out. We will investigate that.

08:45And secondly, if they really escaped from the sea, we will ask the Coast Guard. If we see the evidence, because this is a 50-50 situation,

08:56that in fact, they escaped from the air, we will ask the Coast Guard.

09:03Thank you very much Sen. Risa Ondiveros. Be careful.

09:07Thank you very much. Be careful as well.

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