MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Francis Escudero ordered three committees to investigate the escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo and three of her alleged accomplices after she was arrested in Indonesia late Tuesday night.
Escudero tasked the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, headed by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel 3rd, to lead the investigation. The secondary and tertiary committees will be the Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, led by Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros and Public Services, by Sen. Raffy Tulfo. Escudero said the Senate would pursue Sen.
Guo's refusal to attend the Senate hearings is a violation of Article 150 of the Revised Penal Code, which penalizes disobedience to summons issued by Congress.Meanwhile, Hontiveros said the National Bureau of Investigation assured her that it would immediately turn over Guo to the Senate as soon as she was brought back to the country and processed.'And we will run after those who helped her escape,' Hontiveros said in a statement in Filipino.
Orders Senate Committees To Probe Guo Escape
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