Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) spokesman Winston Casio said Huang Zhiyang, Alice Guo’s fellow incorporator in property developer Baofu, fit the description provided by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada of the person who may have helped her escape in July.

Casio made the observation in an episode of Facts First with Christian Esguerra on Sept. 10, where he called the dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor and Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) boss “a criminal, a scammer, [and] a liar.”

Estrada mentioned in a Senate hearing on Sept. 9 that the person whose name Alice Guo wrote on a piece of paper had fled to Taiwan. He is said to possess passports from five countries, namely St. Kitts and Nevis, Cyprus, Dominica, China, and Cambodia.

“Noong narinig ko (Estrada’s description of the person), hindi ko na kailangan tanungin si Guo Hua Ping (Alice Guo) kung sino ‘yung sinulat niya kasi alam ko na kung sino yun… ito po ay yung business partner doon sa Baofu… si Huang Zhiyang,” Casio said in the podcast.

 

Huang is embroiled in multiple cases involving trafficking and money laundering in Singapore.

Another person being investigated for helping Guo escape is Zhang Jie, who reportedly paid for the hotel expenses of Guo and her companions in Batam, Indonesia.

Zhang is facing a qualified trafficking complaint in connection with a POGO in Porac, Pampanga.

“’Yung mga taong may kasaysayan ng pagiging bayolente ay kasama niya [Alice Guo],” the PAOCC spokesman said.

Casio however said he doubted whether Guo was honest when she wrote the name of the person who had helped her escape.

Huang has no capability to assist Guo, he said.

“Etong taong ito, sinusundan namin ‘yung mga local counterparts nito… ‘yung mga network niya hindi kaya kumilos on their own unless hindi niya sinasabi na may mga opisyal [na tumulong sa kanya],” Casio said.

The PAOCC spokesman also said Guo might be protecting her “local enablers” or “local partners,” who were really behind her escape.

Guo is said to have fled the country for Malaysia in July amid investigations into her alleged links to POGOs and organized crime, and was arrested by authorities in Indonesia on Sept. 3. Aaron Bartilad