State of the Nation RECAP: PAGTUGIS KAY ALICE (TIMELINE) PART 4

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00:00Cassandra Leong filed a petition to the Supreme Court to let the Congress know her right to remain silent and not answer the questions in the hearing.

00:14Congressmen are insisting on forcing Leong to answer.

00:19Joseph Moro has a report.

00:21Cassandra Leong returned to the camera after being hospitalized after experiencing low blood pressure in her eyes last Wednesday.

00:30Leong was being investigated by the camera for her involvement in Operation Lucky South 99 in Porac, Pampanga.

00:37But Leong's lawyer said that she would prefer her client to be jailed instead of forcing her to answer the questions in the Congress.

00:44She said that even in the Women's Correctional, her mental health is deteriorating.

00:50Her lawyers filed a petition to the Supreme Court to ask the Congress and the Senate to recognize Leong's right to remain silent and her right to defend herself.

01:01They asked for a temporary restraining order against three committees of the Senate and four committees of the Congress or Quadcom.

01:08When she is being invoked for her right to remain silent or right against self-incrimination, she is being shouted at and mocked.

01:17That's the only thing we want to stop.

01:19According to Leong's lawyers, they did not intend to stop the investigations conducted by the Senate and the camera.

01:27They will continue the hearings if necessary.

01:30According to Congressman Dan Fernandez, the chairman of one of the committees of the camera that is investigating,

01:35Leong will not use her right to remain silent, but she can invoke her right against self-incrimination.

01:41But what will she do if she doesn't know what she's being asked?

01:45Senator Riza Conteveros is insisting that the Supreme Court should ask the Senate to issue a subpoena and condemn her.

01:53Yesterday, Leong filed a complaint of qualified human trafficking and other offenses, and she was officially locked in South 99, Pogo.

02:01Leong's camp has not yet seen the details of the complaint.

02:05Leong is also facing a case of money laundering together with former Bamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.

02:10Guo also has a deportation case.

02:13This is her domestic passport for being an alien actually, trying to pass herself off as a Filipino.

02:18But she will finish her other cases before facing immigration cases.

02:23According to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission,

02:26Guo's connection with Pogo in Bamban Tarlac and Porak, Pampanga is getting clearer.

02:31The former big boss of Lucky South 99 and the people who helped Guo hide in Singapore and Indonesia.

02:38The Search Warrant of the Supreme Court is also asking the court to investigate the location of Lucky South 99

02:43based on the report that several foreigners were buried there.

02:46Joseph Morong reported for GMA Integrated News.

02:50The first body double of Alice Guo, Alya Scott, was arrested by the NBI.

02:56She's afraid of her security, so she went to the NBI.

03:00Alya Scott was arrested in Zambales to pursue the former mayor.

03:08Guo's staff became famous within seven years.

03:12She was able to face the Senate on Tuesday.

03:15Meanwhile, two cases of graft against Guo were transferred from Tarlac to the court in Valenzuela.

03:22It was transferred to RA 10-660 and Office of the Court Administrator Circular No. 10-2024.

03:31The case of a government official should not be transferred to the judicial region where he worked.

03:39According to the DOJ, the nearest judicial region in Capas is Valenzuela.

03:45We are still trying to get the lawyer of Guo's statement.

03:49Senator Riza Ontiveros also wrote the Valenzuela Regional Trial Court

03:54to allow Guo to attend the hearing of his committee on Tuesday.

03:59Dear friends,

04:01that's what the former mayor of Valenzuela, Liceldo Calugay,

04:05wanted to leave to the Senate their relationship with Alice Guo.

04:09Despite the confession of Guo's staff that they have a relationship with Calugay's staff,

04:15there was already a notary for Guo's counter-affidavit.

04:19It was also revealed that there was a former PNP chief who helped Guo escape.

04:24Here is my report.

04:29Did a government official help dismiss Mayor Alice Guo out of the country?

04:36According to an official of PAG-Corps who attended the hearing in the Senate,

04:40there were talks in the intelligence community that a former PNP chief might be involved.

04:56PAG-Corps did not mention the name of the former PNP chief

04:59who was receiving monthly payments from Guo.

05:03It's just rumors within the intelligence community.

05:07I think they are validating it.

05:09Senator Bato de la Rosa continued to question the PNP chief.

05:13I'm concerned because I am a former PNP chief.

05:16There might be a script that Bato is receiving money from you.

05:23Nothing like that is happening.

05:26According to information held by Senator Rizal Tiveros,

05:29a high-ranking official of the Bureau of Immigration received P200 million to help Guo escape.

05:35We obtained intelligence information with regard to the amount,

05:39but with regard to the amount that I received from a B.I. personnel or associated with B.I.,

05:50there's nothing yet but we're still validating it.

05:56In the first instance, when Mayor Rizaldo Calugay was questioned,

06:01Calugay claimed that he was Guo's boyfriend.

06:04They are just friends.

06:06But the senators asked why they are in the same campaign

06:10and it looks like they are wearing couple shirts.

06:13Calugay also sent flowers to Guo on Valentine's Day.

06:17I brought an invitation to the house of the country.

06:23And of course, Your Honor, I will also give Mayor, so I also gave flowers.

06:30I don't care if you have a romantic relationship.

06:35We are interested in the possibility of your criminal relationship.

06:40They also have businesses named after Calugay and Guo.

06:45A.C. Aqua Farm, B.Aqua Farm, Liksel Fish Farm, Dong Guo Fish Farm, Guko Aqua Farm.

06:55Liksel, Alice, LIC, and Rizaldo.

07:00Dong Guo, Dong, and Guo.

07:03You even defeated Dong.

07:05These businesses are just front for possible money laundering purposes.

07:13I don't have such business, Your Honor.

07:16It was also revealed that Calugay's executive assistant, Cheryl Medina,

07:22helped Guo's staff to file a counter affidavit against the former mayor even though he left the country.

07:29This was confirmed by Guo's secretary, Catherine Salazar.

07:33Why did you call her, Ms. Cat?

07:36Your Honor, that was the instruction of ma'am.

07:40She called me.

07:42She told me to call ma'am Che if she knows a lawyer who is a notary.

07:47She said that I should attach her affidavit to the last page.

07:52Guo said that she signed the signature page of the affidavit on the first week of July.

07:58The notary, Atty. Elmer Galicia, continued.

08:02Atty. Galicia lied.

08:04Because it was not signed in front of Atty. Galicia,

08:08he definitely lied and he should be charged by the DOJ.

08:12I am a victim.

08:14I am invoking my right against self-incrimination.

08:20Alice Guo's signature did not match with the counter affidavit she submitted to the Department of Justice

08:25and her signature to other official documents.

08:28The NBI said that Guo's counter affidavit to the human trafficking case,

08:33which was notarized on August 14,

08:36when she was no longer in the country.

08:38According to NBI Director Jaime Santiago,

08:41Guo lied when she said in the Senate hearing yesterday

08:45that she signed the document before she left.

08:48She said that it matched with Guo's signature in the Senate attendance on September 9

08:53and other documents.

08:55Senator Wissau-Ontiveros said that Guo should not be the only one to answer,

08:59but her lawyer should be the one to answer.

09:02Guo's issues were added because she was already charged

09:06with the qualified human trafficking case of the DOJ in Pasig, RTC.

09:11As for the unverified information that there was a former PNP chief who was in Payola, Umano,

09:18PNP Spokesperson Colonel Gene Fajardo said that there were names being investigated by the PNP

09:25that were related to Guo's escape.

09:27But the former PNP chief was not there.

09:30Now, the PNP will not release the information if it is true.

09:36It was recorded in the camera the possible relationship between Umano and Alice Guo

09:40in the notorious syndicate in China called Fujian Gang.

09:45Based on the records, the two of her business partners are from Fujian.

09:49Her mother also said the same thing.

09:52Chino Gaston has a report.

09:56Your Honor, I don't know if they are criminals.

10:00That was the answer of the dismissed Pamban Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo

10:03when she was asked in the camera why she is a partner with criminals.

10:07The Chinese nationals Zhang Rujin and Lin Baoying are being investigated for money laundering in Singapore.

10:15They are Guo's business partners in Baofulan Development

10:19along with Chinese fugitive Huang Ziyang, who is considered the boss of all bosses of Pogo.

10:25I met Huang Ziyang way back in 2017 or 2016.

10:35I see that it is normal for the country to have business with the clerks.

10:41A congressman asked if Guo has a connection with the notorious Fujian Gang.

10:46Based on the records of the Bureau of Immigration,

10:49Li Wenyi, Guo Huaping's mother, who is said to be the real name of Alice Guo, is from Fujian.

10:56Baoying and Zhang, Guo's business partners, are also from Fujian.

11:00I wonder, Mr. Chair, if these are merely coincidences?

11:05Your Honor, I'm not aware. This is the first time I heard this.

11:09Are you from Fujian?

11:11Your Honor, my dad is from Fujian.

11:14Are you from Fujian?

11:16My mom is from Fujian, Mr. Chair.

11:18Your mom is from Fujian?

11:19Yes, ma'am.

11:20How many times has Guo refused to answer the questions about the Baofu operation?

11:26Your Honor, I think for the Baofu, I invoke my right against self-incrimination

11:32because I have a pending case with DOJ human trafficking.

11:37Because of her lying and not answering the questions of the judges,

11:42Guo was knighted in contempt.

11:45Don't call us stupid.

11:47You always invoke the right against self-incrimination.

11:51But it has nothing to do with the cases that were filed against you.

11:55Suspended Bamban Vice Mayor Leonardo Anunzacion also faced the condemnation.

12:00He was asked how the permit was given.

12:03ZUNU-1 was the first to land on the land of Baofu land.

12:07I was called by Counselor Rainer Rivera

12:12that our Mayor, Alice Guo, is asking for an agenda

12:18regarding the ZUNU-1 technology

12:20for the next session that we will give the permit.

12:26Is that true, Ms. Alice?

12:28Are you asking for an agenda?

12:30Your Honor, I don't know.

12:33The ZUNU-1 technology needs a loan or a letter of no objection

12:36from the ZUNU-1 technology company

12:38in order to give a permit for the ZUNU-1 technology.

12:41The mere fact that Ms. Guo has endorsed the ZUNU-1 technology,

12:48what does that mean?

12:50Does that mean that she is the owner of the ZUNU-1 technology?

12:53According to Hon. Rainer Rivera,

12:56this company is in a hurry to give a loan.

13:01This must be a very special resolution for the Mayor,

13:05for the Counselor, to pressure the Vice Mayor

13:09to discuss it right away in the session.

13:12Who is the reporter for GMA Integrated News?

13:16It was also revealed by the camera

13:18that Ms. Alice Guo has a loan of Php 200 million

13:21from the Land Bank, Development Bank of the Philippines,

13:24and other banks.

13:25The Quadcom is asking for a copy of the loans

13:29according to Quezon 3rd District Rep. Reynan Arogancia.

13:33According to the Anti-Money Laundering Council,

13:35the loans are not covered by the Bank Secrecy Law,

13:38so they can be withdrawn.

13:40Ms. Guo is in a hurry to ask about her land.

13:43The total value of Ms. Guo's real properties

13:47subject to forfeiture by the State is Php 478 million.

13:52More than Php 70 million worth of vehicles.

13:56While there is a Php 63 million helicopter

13:59and Php 199 million inside 88 principal

14:04and 99 related accounts.

14:07Meanwhile, Cassandra Lee Ong will be transferred

14:10to the Women's Correctional in Mandaluyong

14:12after September 26.

14:14Like Ms. Guo, she is also in contempt of the Quadcom.

14:19There is a new update on the custody of Dismissed Mayor Alice Guo.

14:23She will not be transferred to Pasig City Jail

14:27Female Dormitory tonight

14:29according to the spokesperson of the Bureau of Jail Management

14:32and Penology of BJMP.

14:34The required documents are insufficient

14:37for Ms. Guo to be transferred.

14:40From the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame,

14:43we have a live report from Bea Pinlac.

14:46Bea?

14:50Cassandra, tonight,

14:52Dismissed Mayor Alice Guo will be transferred

14:55from the Custodial Facility of Camp Crame

14:58to Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory.

15:03But you said that this will not continue.

15:06According to BJMP Spokesperson Superintendent J-Rex Bustinera,

15:10PNP Spokesperson Colonel Gene Fajardo called

15:14to say that Ms. Guo will not be transferred to the detention center.

15:18The documentary requirements are insufficient

15:20including the medical results of the X-ray

15:22and other documents to ensure that Ms. Guo is fit.

15:26Ms. Guo may not be transferred this weekend

15:29because her requirements need to be confirmed again.

15:36The cell that was prepared for Ms. Guo

15:39is on the fourth floor of Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory.

15:42The cell should only be used for X-ray,

15:44but there are more than 40 PDLs.

15:46The adjustment here is a bit difficult.

15:49As of now, the only vacancy they saw

15:51is on the third floor of the bed banks.

15:54That's the only vacancy.

15:55We assure the public that there is no VIP treatment.

15:58The three women accused by Pastor Apollo Quibuloy are also in the facility.

16:03Pasig City RTC transferred Ms. Guo's custody

16:06to Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory

16:08when it issued a warrant of arrest

16:11for the case of qualified human trafficking that is non-bailable.

16:14Will you file a petition to post bail for qualified human trafficking?

16:20Petition for bail?

16:21Yes.

16:22If you file a petition for bail,

16:24it will be set as a marathon hearing.

16:27In less than a few weeks,

16:30the court will issue a marathon

16:33where they will direct the prosecution to present their evidence.

16:37Before this, Ms. Guo filed a petition for the two counts of graft

16:41that she faces in the court in Valenzuela.

16:43The case of Ms. Guo's misuse of her position as mayor

16:48to give permits to illegal smugglers in Bamban, Tarlac, is rooted.

16:52Ms. Guo visited the Valenzuela Hall of Justice earlier

16:56where she was wearing a helmet and a vest.

16:58But the hearing did not continue

17:00because of the motion to quash information

17:03filed by Ms. Guo's camp in the court in Tarlac

17:06where the case was first filed.

17:08Judge Elena Amigo-Amano

17:10will submit the opposite side of the position paper until Wednesday

17:14regarding Ms. Guo's motion.

17:16She also issued a decision to remain in the Valenzuela City Jail Ms. Guo

17:20while waiting for her arraignment.

17:22When the defense said that Ms. Guo will be sentenced,

17:25the prosecution motioned that her bail should be quadrupled or times four.

17:31At the time of the prosecution,

17:33Ms. Guo was able to leave the country

17:35that's why she was arrested in Indonesia.

17:37The court issued a decision to triple Ms. Guo's bail.

17:41Ms. Guo was fined P540,000 for the graft.

17:46But in the end, she was still not released.

17:49The CIDG was there, the standby unit was outside.

17:51The warrant of arrest of the RTC passing was served.

17:56What was the reaction of Mayor Guo when he was arrested?

18:01Actually, he accepted the situation.

18:03Those events already synced with him.

18:10Sandra, the pre-trial and arraignment for the qualified human trafficking case of Ms. Guo

18:16was approved on September 27.

18:18For now, we are still outside the custodial facility of Camp Krame

18:22until the PNP confirms the change in their plan.

18:27Thank you very much, Bea Pinla.

18:57For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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