Alice in Wonderland? She is not Superwoman. She is not Wonder Woman either. She is Guo Hua Ping a.k.a. Alice Leal Guo, a Chinese citizen, an (un)declared billionaire and elected mayor of Bamban, Tarlac. She was issued an arrest order by the Senate for contempt and is being investigated by several government agencies for various criminal activities.
BI now says, she managed to leave PH without passing immigration. She is one lucky woman who relocated from China to “Wonderland”.
Related: The Bizarre Case of Mayor Alice Guo
Quotes from interview on ‘Storycon’ (One News, Aug. 23, 2024)
On Cassandra Ong camp questioning the legality of her arrest in Indonesia and detention at NBI:
“Ang arrest warrant na issued ng Congress, Senate or House of Representatives, valid yan. Talagang pwedeng arestuhin. Kaya di ko makita ano magiging basis para question ang arrest warrant. Nandiyan yan, legal na legal yan. Kailangang kilalanin ang arrest warrant, di lang judicial warrant kundi warrant na issued ng Senate or House of Representatives. Pareho tayong di lawyer pero yan ang alam ko.”
“Hindi makukuwestyon ang PH authorities, mga Indonesian authorities nag-pick up sa kanya at deport sa PH, pagdating dito naturalmente may arrest warrant issued ang Senado, ise-serve ang arrest warrant sa kanya. At dapat lang na makulong siya sa detention facility ng Senado na nag-issue ng arrest warrant para ma-compel siyang mag-appear.”
“May jurisprudence sa pag-issue ng warrant at pag-detain di lang sa Senate kundi sa House of Representatives. Lumabas kasi ang bagong jurisprudence, kaso ni Banag sa Atio Castillo hazing. Noong araw, unlimited ang pag-detain. Ngayon ang Supreme Court ang poder ng Kongreso… pag may committee report at na-adopt sa plenary ang committee report, magwawakas ang pag-detain sa tao. Kung halimbawa nag-recess ang Senate, ganoon din, kailangan i-release ang detainee. Sa ngayon dahil ongoing pa pagdinig sa Senate at may arrest warrant, kailangan ma-detain siya sa Senate para ma-compel.
“May arrest warrant sa Senado pero kung kakasuhan siya ng NBI eventually kung NBI walang judicial warrant i-hold si Cassandra, eventually turnover nila sa Senate. Kung may kaso silang isasampa sa DOJ at ang info may probable cause at file ng DOJ sa husgado magkakaroon ng judicial warrant. Ibang warrant yan. Pwedeng kunin ng jurisdiction ang physical custody ng korte. Lalo kung di na kailangan ng Senado ang presence ni Cassandra Ong.”
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