The intelligence community may need to take a deeper look not only into the background but also the connections of Guo Hua’ping (a.k.a. Alice Guo) due to the potential risk to national security, former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Wednesday.
Lacson voiced concerns that Guo, if not exposed by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) operations against her illegal activities and if she were really a spy, could have the resources to run for congresswoman or even higher office – and have access to sensitive documents in the Philippine government.
“Testimonials coming from her former constituents were one in saying that Guo had been governing well sa Tarlac kumpara sa mga mayors doon, medyo maganda at wala silang nakitang anomalya. Ang municipal coffers tuloy-tuloy napupunta sa kanyang mga “kababayan”. So di malayo kung napeke niya ang kanyang pagiging mayor, hindi malayong umakyat siya bilang isang congresswoman. At kung siya ay isang foreign spy, medyo delikado ang ating national security. Kasi alam mo kung nasa Kongreso ka na, Senate or House of Representatives, may access ka na sa mga highly classified documents kasi ang security clearance medyo mataas na. So yan ang delikado (Testimonials coming from her former constituents were one in saying that she’s governing well in Bamban, Tarlac. It cannot be ruled out that if she gets out of her issues now, she might run for congresswoman. And if she were a foreign spy, that is bad for us because as a member of Congress, she would have access to highly classified documents due to her high security clearance),” he said in an interview on Teleradyo Serbisyo.