Fugitive Filipina Mayor With Alleged Ties to Chinese Criminal Blocs Sparks National Security Concerns

Published on September 2, 2024

The recent case of a fugitive former Filipina mayor with alleged ties to Chinese criminal syndicates has sparked national security concerns in the Philippines amid tensions with China over its maritime territories. On Aug. 30, Alice Guo, the dismissed mayor of Bamban, north of Manila, was charged in multiple money laundering lawsuits linked to illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), Chinese-run gambling firms facing fraud charges, unlawful detention, and human trafficking. Guo was allegedly involved in obtaining Philippine citizenship through fraudulent means. The 35-year-old Chinese passport holder fled the Philippines with several accomplices in July, but the Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) wasn’t aware of their departure until a month later....

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