“No swap” according to President Bongbong Marcos.
There was no prisoner swap that has happened to retrieve Alice Guo from Indonesian authorities as per President Bongbong Marcos.
After the arrest in Indonesia, dismissed mayor Alice Guo is now facing complaints against her. She faced a court in Tarlac province due to the cases filed against her. She was escorted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to appear before the Tarlac court as part of the legal requirement and after this returned to the headquarters of the PNP.
After Guo’s arrest in Indonesia, she returned to the Philippines accompanied by the authorities.
Guo also received death threats as per her claims to Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos and the Department of Justice (DOJ) assured that they will look into this allegation. Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Mico Clavano IV said that the DOJ will be taking this matter seriously.
Meanwhile, as per the claims about prisoner swap between Indonesia, President Bongbong Marcos recently made a clarification. He released a statement after an Indonesian media reported that Manila and Jakarta are negotiating to swap Guo for Gregor Johann Haas, an Australian wanted by Jakarta
Haas was arrested in Cebu last May for smuggling illegal substances.
“No swap happened. No swap,” stressed the president. This is accordingly not official so no swap has happened. However, he highlighted that the retrieval is far from being simple – it was very intricate, very sensitive, and very delicate details.
The negotiation was not easy but thanks to his close relationship with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Guo’s return has been made possible.
To recall, amid the investigations about Guo’s real background, believed to be the Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, and her alleged link to with illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in her town, she escaped without going through the immigration. She flee with her supposed sibling Wesley Guo, along with Sheila Guo and her business associate Cassandra Li Ong in July.
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