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Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo, who was taken into custody by Philippine authorities in Indonesia where she fled in July to evade a Senate inquiry on her role in illegal online gaming, on Thursday expressed fears for her life and sought help from Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos.
“Sec, patulong. May death threats po kasi ako. (Secretary, please help me. I have death threats),” she said moments after she shook hands with Abalos when they met inside an Indonesian police office in Jakarta.
Interior Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. on Friday stressed that the photo of him with dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor in Indonesia was taken only for documentation purposes.
Abalos’ statement was in response to the backlash he received after a photo of him, Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rommel Marbil and Guo went viral on social media.
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros criticized suspected human trafficker and dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo for gamely posing for pictures, emphasizing that the Senate wants answers on her Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) links and not a photoshoot.
“Matapos nyang makipag-taguan sa batas, ginawa namang fan-meet nitong si Alice Guo ang pagkakaaresto nya. Kulang na lang, red carpet,” said Hontiveros in a statement on Friday, hours after the contentious local official was brought back to the Philippines.
