Alice Guo may still be in Indonesia – BI

Following the arrest of her sister and an alleged cohort in Indonesia, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) yesterday expressed belief dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo is still in the same country, along with her brother Wesley.

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“Last monitoring was, they are still in Indonesia. Tracking on them is still ongoing and their teams are ready for any operation,” said BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval, referring to Indonesia’s immigration authorities.

Indonesian authorities arrested Guo’s sister Sheila and Cassandra Li Ong, incorporator of Lucky South 99, identified as a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO), at the Mega Mall Batam Centre in Riau last Aug. 20.

Sandoval maintained that the two, along with Guo’s other siblings Alice and Wesley, left the country “illegally” as the Philippine passport of Sheila Guo – which she said was “acquired fraudulently” – did not bear any mark or annotation from the BI.

Sheila “entered Sabah, Malaysia, which further solidifies our theory that they illegally crossed into Malaysia,” Sandoval added.

She also said Sheila and Ong tried to flee Batam Island after entering it on a ferry last Aug. 18.

The BI spokesperson added that Sheila Guo carried a Chinese passport, valid until 2031, “with a different name and a different date of birth, an entirely different identity.”

Immigration authorities have sued her for being an undesirable alien, subject to deportation, she said.

The BI said it is convinced that siblings Alice, Sheila and Wesley Guo, as well as Ong, left the country together, based on a luggage tag located bearing the name of Alice Guo, as well as matches in their travel history.

Sandoval said the BI is “very positive” that the Indonesian immigration would be able to track down and help bring Alice and Wesley Guo back to the Philippines.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Law and Human Rights said a Singaporean national who used to head an illegal POGO hub assisted Guo and her companion in Indonesia, according to Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission spokesman Winston John Casio.