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Bamban Mayor Alice Guo is open to undergo a DNA test, the mayor's camp said Tuesday. However, it was not clear if it will be with Wen Yi Lin , a Chinese national who is suspected of being Guo's actual mother, or Amelia Leal, whom the mayor said is her mother.
In an interview with Super Radyo dzBB, Atty. Stephen David, legal counsel of Guo, was asked if the mayor is willing to undergo a DNA test with Wen Yi Lin,He replied: “Wala namang problema ‘yan kung lumabas ‘yung kasambahay na ‘yan .”Guo earlier said that she is her father's love child with their helper Amelia, who left her when she was still a child, The Philippine Statistics Authority said they have no birth record of Guo's parents.Senator Sherwin Gatchalian previously dared Guo to undergo DNA testing with Wen Yi Lin to prove her nationality. Senator Risa Hontiveros has also released documents that showed that Wen Yi Lin is an incorporator in Guo's businesses. A former consultant of Guo, however, denied that Wen Yi Lin is the mayor's biological mother.Meanwhile, David said they were surprised with the six-month preventive suspension imposed against Guo amid the probe over her alleged links to a raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator hub in her locality.“Inaasahan namin na mag fa-file sila ng kaso sa Ombudsman, pero hindi namin inaasahan na mag pre-preventive suspension siya,” he said.On Monday, the Office of the Ombudsman suspended Guo and two other municipal officials following the complaint filed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government.David stressed that they have yet to receive the complaint, and thus have yet to file their comment.Despite this, he said that the suspension is good for the mayor to allow her to relax and focus on “her problems.” In a statement Monday evening, Guo said she will comply with the Ombudsman’s suspension order while stressing she did nothing wrong or illegal.“Ako po ay sumasang-ayon sa proseso ng batas at tinatanggap ang pasya ng Ombudsman pero ilalaban ko ang aking kaso. Nais ko rin pong iparating na wala akong kasalanan at tapat akong nagsisilbi sa ating bayan at mamamayan,” she said.—AOL, GMA Integrated News
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