MANILA: Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s fingerprints matched with Chinese woman Guo Hua Ping, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Thursday (June 27).
In a statement, Hontiveros said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has confirmed that Mayor Guo and Guo Hua Ping’s fingerprints have matched.
“It means, they are the fingerprints of one and the same person. This confirms what I have suspected all along. Mayor Alice is a fake Filipino — or should I say, Guo Hua Ping. She is a Chinese national masquerading as [a] Filipino citizen to facilitate crimes being committed by [Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators],” Hontiveros said.
According to Hontiveros, this revelation is a great insult not only to voters in Bamban, but also to the Philippine government.
“This is a very strong evidence to remove Mayor Alice from public office,” she said.
With this development, Hontiveros pressed the Office of Solicitor General to expedite its filing of a quo warranto case against Guo, emphasising that the suspended local official needs to be held accountable for all the crimes she and her Pogo hub has committed.
“This revelation is not the end. Guo Hua Ping, soon, we will know the full extent of your deception. We will dig deeper and locate the systemic roots of our Pogo problem,” Hontiveros added.
To recall, it was also Hontiveros who ordered the NBI to examine the biometrics data of Guo Hua Ping and Alice Guo, directing them to specifically compare their fingerprints.
This came after Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian alleged that the suspended mayor’s true identity is that of a Chinese woman named Guo Hua Ping.
Guo has been the subject of scrutiny after the Senate committee on women bared her alleged ties to Zun Yuan Technology, an illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator in Bamban, Tarlac.
Guo, however, repeatedly denied all accusations hurled against her, including being an alleged China spy. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
