Donna Mae Alaga 
Recently, Shiela Guo, sister of suspended Bamban, Tarlac mayor, and Cassandra Ong, one of corporators of Lucky South 99, a Pampanga-based Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), were successfully brought back to our country with the help of Indonesian Immigration authorities.
This further intensifies the chase of an alleged human trafficking perpetrator. What’s in it for us if we bring Alice Guo or Guo Hua Ping back in the Philippines when she’s not even Filipino, deceived us with her questionable background stories, and outwitted us through her inconspicuous escape?
To keep everyone tuned in to this skip-trace game, Alice Guo flew to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 18, then to Indonesia on July 21 and then finally docked at Batam, Indonesia on August 18.
Heads will turn when we find this Chinese fraud thereby solving the puzzling transnational crime wounding our national sense of justice today.
Pool of conspirators
“We will expose the culprits who have betrayed the people’s trust and aided in her flight,” the Philippine president said. However, this scandal would never happen in the first place if without the shift-shifting officials in the government who helped her stay in the country with a fake Philippine passport crossing borders. Finding her will cause progress in determining those who took part aiding this Chinese national in her criminal endeavors.
Stricter immigration processing
Speaking of traces, it seems questionable that no records were found regarding flights of Guo when she needed travel orders from LGU in the first place. After these incidents, it’s expected that immigration processes will be more rigid than ever. Finding Guo can help spot the loopholes left unchecked within the system of immigration processes which jeopardized our pursuit in capturing fugitives.
Hold agencies accountable
Well, criminals like Guo will continue swirling around our country if we continue having the same performance from involved agencies who perpetrate the illegal activities of Guo. An end to this chasing game will land us to the weak spots of some agencies people like her have exploited. Finding Guo will surely uncover the agencies who failed to do their part and fell to Guo’s bribes or means of controlling them.
Well, it might seem that the government is doing its bare-minimum efforts in unraveling this complex issue surrounding Guo, still more must be done.
Each agency concerned in securing security and lawful processing should redeem themselves by showing that they are utilizing their faculty and resources of the government sustainably in ensuring this issue will no longer stay down the rabbit hole.
