MANILA – Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, also known as Guo Hua Ping, has confirmed “one crucial personality” involved in Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the country.
The personality revealed by Guo during an executive session on Tuesday “corroborates a theory” shared months ago, according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros.
“Hindi pa din ako masyadong satisfied sa mga pahayag sa Executive Session, bagama’t there was one crucial personality confirmed by Guo Hua Ping,” Hontiveros said in a statement.
“This corroborates a theory that the Committee shared a month ago,” added Hontiveros who chairs the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality investigating POGOs.
The committee agreed to have an executive session with Guo on Tuesday afternoon after promising to identify the “most guilty” in the illegal POGO operations in the country.
According to former Bamban mayor, she was not the “most guilty” in the POGO controversy and was just a “victim”.
“Hindi po ako mastermind. Masasabi ko po isa po akong victim… I think sa tagal po ng investigation, alam na rin po ng committee…who is really at the back of everything,” Guo said.
“Hindi naman po sa ginamit. If ever po, kung meron po akong naitulong, ano po akong tao, helpful akong tao. Kung meron man po, ‘yun lang po. Sa mga activities po na ginawa or sa mga allegtions po, wala po akong kinalaman,” she added.
The executive session only lasted a few minutes since the senators needed to attend a scheduled session on Tuesday afternoon. It will be continued next week./PN
