Bamban, Tarlac City Mayor Alice Guo during the resumption of Senate probe on the Pogo hub in Tarlac in this file photo taken on May 22, 2024. 黑料社 file photo / NOY MORCOSO
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday said there鈥檚 a big possibility that embattled Bamban Mayor Alice Guo鈥檚 mother is Chinese.
Speaking at the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum, Gatchalian said it is highly likely that the 鈥淎melia Leal鈥� earlier introduced by Guo as her mother is just a figment of her imagination.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a big possibility na itong si Amelia Leal is a figment of their imagination. Walang ganitong tao. Yung kanyang mother is another person. Most likely, ang mother niya is also Chinese,鈥� said Gatchalian.
(There鈥檚 a big possibility that this Amelia Leal is a figment of their imagination. There is no such person. Her mother is another person. Most likely, her mother is also Chinese.)
In the same forum, the senator said a certain Chinese woman named Lin Wenyi could be Guo鈥檚 real mother. Citing the investigation led by his office, Gatchalian said the name keeps on popping up on Guo family鈥檚 financial statements.
鈥淸A]ng corporators ng kanyang corporation kasama doon yung kanyang mga kapatid at kasama yung kanyang tatay at meron pa isa doon na kasama, isang babae pangalan Lin Wenyi na tingin ko ito siguro yung totoong nanay niya, tingin ko ha, may personal analysis, because family corporations ito eh,鈥� said Gatchalian.
(The corporators of her corporation included her siblings and her father and there was another person there, a woman named Lin Wenyi who I think is probably her real mother, I think so 鈥� this is a personal analysis聽 because these are family corporations.)
Guo has been the subject of scrutiny after the Senate panel on women bared her alleged ties to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.
Apart from denying her supposed ties to these illegal firms, the mayor earlier disclosed that she grew up with her father on a hog-raising farm. According to her, she stayed hidden, being the love child of her father and his housekeeper.
Other 鈥渋rregularities鈥� in Guo鈥檚 citizenship were likewise questioned by senators, noting that the town mayor couldn鈥檛 even tell significant details of her upbringing.