‘Heads will roll’ over Guo’s escape

Marcos: We will expose the culprits

PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. yesterday said heads will roll over the inexplicable escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, adding that government personnel who aided her would be held accountable.

In a social media post, the President said Guo managing to slip out of the country while being investigated over alleged illegal activities of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOS) “laid bare the corruption that undermines our justice system and erodes public trust.

“Let me be clear: Heads will roll. We will expose the culprits who have betrayed the people’s trust and aided in her flight,” Marcos said.

He said a full-scale investigation is already underway, and those responsible would be suspended and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

“There is no room in this government for anyone who places personal interest above serving the Filipino people with honor, integrity and justice,” he stressed.

The Office of the President (OP) has directed the Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Justice Departments (DOJ) to cancel the Philippine passports issued to Guo and family members Wesley Leal Guo and Sheila Leal Guo, and Katherine Cassandra Li Ong, who is also being tagged in POGO operations in the country.

Sen. Risa Hontiveros and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said Guo arrived in Kuala Lumpur last July 19 and flew to Singapore to meet her family and later traveled to Indonesia.

Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros said the DFA has relayed the details of the passports of Guo, her siblings, and the incorporator of an illegal POGO hub to the Philippine Center on Transnational Crimes-International Police Organization for their “proper action.”

“Ni-raise na nila sa atensiyon ng Interpol ‘yung passport nitong apat na taong ito para puwedeng maging subject ng kung ano mang action na sa tingin ng Interpol ay tamang dapat gawin (The DFA has called the attention of the Interpol regarding these four individuals so they can be subjected to whatever action the Interpol deems right),” Hontiveros said at the Kapihan sa Senado.

Hontiveros said the information was relayed to her by the DFA after she disclosed