President Marcos has ‘very good’ idea on who aided Guo

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has a “very good” idea on who helped dismissed Bamban, mayor Alice Guo leave the Philippines, and vowed to hold them accountable.

The President said the Department of Justice is “almost” finished with its “very thorough” investigation of Guo’s departure last month.

“Very, very good idea. I have a very good idea,” Marcos said when asked whose heads would roll during a  chance interview at Malacañang.

However, he refused to disclose how many people were involved in Guo’s escape.

“Is there only one person involved or are there many, or is it a syndicate? That’s what we are doing. There are no sacred cows,” he said.

“We will identify all of those who have, all of those who are involved in this, and we will act very quickly,” he added.

The President also confirmed that there will be some personnel from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) who will be sacked.

Guo is facing complaints over her alleged involvement in illegal offshore gaming operations in the country.

She reportedly left the Philippines on July 18 using her Philippine passport. She flew to Malaysia and Singapore before taking refuge in Indonesia.

Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said yesterday that Guo has been in Jakarta, Indonesia since Aug. 20.

In a dzRH interview, Tansingco said the latest information he received was “there is confirmation that she is in Jakarta, Indonesia. She has not left and the Indonesian Immigration is closely monitoring her if she will pass through the regular ports of entry.”

He added that Guo “flew last Aug. 20 from Batam, Indonesia” and they are already in coordination with their Indonesian counterparts to intercept her if she attempts to leave Jakarta so she can be turned over to the Philippine government.

Tansingco claimed that Chinese national Wu Duaren is one of those assisting her and her companions in their transfer from one country to another.

Wu is reportedly also a person of interest since he has been included in the immigration lookout bulletin order in connection with the investigation of Philippine offshore gaming operators in Bamban, Tarlac and Porac, Pampanga.

The Immigration chief explained that Guo and her companions