Alice Guo (left) and Dong Calugay. Picture from Senate PRIB/FACEBOOK
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate investigation into Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) has gotten extra private.
This as probers delved deeper on the background of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, whose actual title is Guo Hua Ping.
On the middle of Tuesday’s (September 17, 2024) listening to of the Senate committee on girls are Guo and her alleged lover, Sual, Pangasinan Mayor Liseldo “Dong” Calugay.
Whereas making an attempt to ascertain the hyperlinks between the 2, panel head Sen. Risa Hontiveros offered data suggesting that Guo and Calugay could have a toddler collectively.
“The truth is could nakuha po kaming data na kayo mismo ang nagsabi sa kanila na girlfriend ni Mayor Calugay si Guo Hua Ping,” Hontiveros stated, addressing Calugay’s government assistant, Cheryl Medina.
(The truth is, we’ve data that you just your self advised them that Guo Hua Ping is Mayor Calugay’s girlfriend.)
“Bukod pa dyan, kinwento n’yo pa uncooked sa kanila na could anak silang dalawa. Anong masasabi po ninyo tungkol dito?” the senator requested.
(Moreover that, you additionally advised them that they’ve a toddler collectively. What are you able to say about this?)
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However Medina vehemently denied this.
“Wala po your honor, wala po (None, Your Honor, none in any respect),” she answered.
Hontiveros reminded Medina that she was underneath oath and warned she might be dragged into potential crimes dedicated by her boss.
“Ibig sabihin hindi lang kayo pina fact-find dito. Marami pa pong nagsasalita at kino-corroborate namin,” she identified.
(Which means that it’s not simply you who’s being fact-checked right here. There are a lot of others who’re talking up, and corroborating their statements)
“And for the report Mr. Cheryl, hindi kayo ang goal namin ha. Gusto naming tukuyin kung kayo ay ginawang dummy ni Mayor Calugay pero madadawit po kayo kahit sa mga sa alam naming ginawa nila kung hindi kayo magsasabi ng totoo,” the senator added.
(And for the report, Mr. Cheryl, you aren’t our goal. We wish to decide if you happen to have been used as a dummy by Mayor Calugay, however you could possibly nonetheless be implicated in what we all know they did if you don’t inform the reality.)
Medina was dragged into the Senate probe for supposedly serving to Guo’s workers notarized her counter affidavit on a human trafficking criticism lodged in opposition to her on the Division of Justice.
Lawyer Elmer Galicia earlier claimed that Guo personally appeared earlier than him when he notarized the doc on August 14, 2024.
However Guo herself admitted that she already fled the nation in July.
Though she admitted seeing Guo, Medina insisted that the dismissed mayor had no enterprise or romantic relationships with Calugay.
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