Sen. Risa Hontiveros has rebuffed claims that her Senate panel’s investigation on Bamban Mayor Alice Guo is “sinophobic,” saying her own maternal great-grandmother was Chinese.
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The senator earlier bared that Mayor Guo lied about having a Filipino househelp mother, because her family business records show that her business partners include her father, two siblings, and a certain Lin Wen Yi, allegedly her real Chinese mother. “I don’t want to pass judgement. You’ve seen it in movies. This is not new. It’s sinister enough to plant foreign nationals to pretend to be Filipinos, and to govern a small town, and have illegal activities violating Philippine laws,” Legarda said.
During a House probe, panel members found out that Chinese businessman Willie Ong was able to secure a certification of birth from the PSA. Ong owns the warehouse of Empire 999 Realty Corp. where some P3.6 billion worth of illegal drugs were seized by police in Pampanga last year. The biological mother of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo could also be a Chinese, contrary to her claim during Senate hearings...
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