National Police to deport fugitive former Philippine mayor – Politics

Alice Leal Guo, a former mayor of a city north of the capital Manila, has been on the run since she was linked to a Chinese-run online gambling hub where hundreds of people were forced to participate in scams or face torture.

Philippine authorities seeking her extradition accused the former Bamban mayor of being involved in the illicit operation and of being a Chinese national posing as a Filipina in order to run for office.

“She [Alice Guo] “They will be handed over to Philippine authorities and picked up directly by their interior minister and police chief,” Krishna Murti, head of the national police's international relations division, told reporters.

“She will be flown back to Manila this evening.”

She was arrested Tuesday in the capital Jakarta, according to the Philippine Justice Department.

Guo is also wanted by the Philippine Senate for refusing to attend hearings into her alleged links to fraudulent farming operations in Bamban.

She is accused of corruption, money laundering and human trafficking in connection with the raid on a scam farm in Bamban.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos thanked the Indonesian government for its assistance in the arrest.

“Let this serve as a warning to those who try to evade justice: it is an exercise in futility. The arm of the law is long and it will reach you,” Marcos said on social media Wednesday.