(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — A former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief allegedly received a bribe to help dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her siblings escape the country despite being under an immigration lookout bulletin.
This information was revealed during the Senate panel on women’s ongoing investigation into illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) on Tuesday, when Senator Risa Hontiveros asked law enforcement officials if intelligence reports indicated that a high-ranking official received a P200 million bribe to facilitate the escape.
Hontiveros previously revealed that Guo and her siblings gave the money to exit the country without being detected by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and other law enforcement agencies. Shiela Guo, who was earlier identified as Alice’s sister, said that she was unaware of the money supposedly used to evade arrest.
READ: Alice Guo, siblings gave ‘P200-M’ bribe to leave PH – Hontiveros
When the senator asked if there are other personalities involved in the alleged bribery from the information gathered by the intelligence community, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) Senior Vice President of Security and Monitoring Cluster Retired General Raul Villanueva said that they gathered information that a former PNP chief allegedly received bribery.
“Di ko lang alam ‘yong sa exact amount including PNP officials (I don’t know the exact amount). I cannot confirm because I’m outside of the loop, lately. And we’re busy right now helping the law enforcement agencies running after the illegal Pogos in the countryside or in the provinces,” Villanueva answered.