The National Prosecution Service (NPS) has recommended the filing of charges against Shiela Guo, the purported sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, and Cassandra Li Ong, the authorized representative of the raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Porac, Pampanga.
According to Saleema Refran’s report on Super Radyo dzBB on Wednesday, the NPS recommended charges to be filed against Guo for violation of Article 150 of the Revised Penal Code for Disobedience to Summons issued by the Senate.
It also recommended charges against her for allegedly using a false Philippine passport.
Guo was identified as Zhang Mier in NPS’ recommendation.
Last week, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said that Shiela Guo is a Chinese citizen named Zhang Mier who “fraudulently acquired” a Philippine passport.
Appearing before a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Guo admitted that she was not born in the Philippines but in China and that she only arrived in the country in 2001.
Guo is also facing a deportation case for undesirability and misrepresentation. Her purported sister, Alice, in facing charges in connection with the illegal operations of a POGO hub in Bamban.
Ong
Meanwhile, the NPS recommended charges to be filed against Ong — identified in the document as Katherine Cassandra Li Ong — for disobedience to summons issued by the House of Representatives.
Aside from this, charges for obstruction of justice for harboring, concealing, or facilitating the escape of a criminal offender were also recommended against her in connection with Alice Guo’s illegal departure from the Philippines.
The NPS also recommended that the charges for falsification be referred to the National Bureau of Investigation and other appropriate law enforcement agencies for case build-up and further investigation.
Shiela Guo and Ong were intercepted in Indonesia last week and brought back to the Philippines to face separate congressional investigations. —Joahna Lei Casilao/KBK, GMA Integrated News
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