Alice Guo was a Chinese spy, witness tells panel

CHINESE crime gang leader She Zhijiang's friend and former cellmate confirmed that dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo or Guo Hua Ping was a Chinese spy.

Zhejiang appeared in the Al Jazeera documentary, revealing that Guo, like him, was also a spy for China's state security. At the same time, his friend and former jailmate Wang Fugui was made the guard of the top-secret files.

In Tuesday's 15th hearing of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality into the illegal operations of POGOs, a Zoom interview with Wang was aired where he said he would fully cooperate with the Senate investigation.

Former Bamban mayor Alice Guo face senators on Oct. 8, 2024. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

The committee hearing was presided over by its chairman, Sen. Risa Hontiveros.

According to Wang, Guo Hua Ping was a spy, but it cannot be considered unique or special because they are in the same situation as She.

Wang said that state security controls those who become field agents abroad through their secrets and weaknesses, like Guo, who used a fake Filipino identity. It is the same in She's situation.

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When Wang was asked how the POGOs are used for espionage in the country, he said it is part of the big intelligence strategic plan for colonization around the world.

On what Guo Hua Ping's assignment was as a spy, Wang said these questions need to be asked directly to She himself, as he is in the know. While the overseas special agents recruited by China's State Security include spies who collect intelligence, many others work for the political and economic interests of the Chinese government, such as officials and businessmen in some countries.

The Senate resumes its hearing on the Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) on Oct. 8, 2024, with former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo in attendance. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN The Senate resumes its hearing on the Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) on Oct. 8, 2024, with former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo in attendance. PHOTOS BY RENE H. DILAN The Senate resumes its hearing on the Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) on Oct. 8, 2024, with former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo in