Indonesian authorities mentioned they’d no alternative however to launch Alice Guo if Philippine authorities do not get there on time
Within the morning of Thursday, September 5, Inside Secretary Benjamin Abalos mentioned he known as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. He wished to go to Indonesia to get the hunted Alice Guo. He wished for the police chief to go together with him.
“Sige, puntahan ninyo para makuha si Alice Guo (Go, fetch her, so you may get Alice Guo),” Marcos mentioned over the cellphone, based on Abalos.
The Indonesian police gave them a deadline to get to Jakarta by 1pm, or else they must launch Guo as a result of they’d no foundation to carry her any longer.
“Hinahabol namin ni Secretary kasi wala naman siyang kaso, wala siyang kasong kriminal, solely contempt. Kaya hinahabol namin kasi sabi ng Indonesian nationwide police, wala silang jurisdiction kasi wala namang legal case,” mentioned Philippine Nationwide Police (PNP) Chief Common Rommel Marbil.
(The Secretary and I have been dashing as a result of there was no legal case towards her, solely contempt. We have been dashing as a result of the Indonesian nationwide police mentioned they’d no jurisdiction as a result of she doesn’t have a legal case.)
When Guo was arrested at a villa in Jakarta on September 4, she solely had a Senate arrest warrant out for her for contempt quotation. That remained the scenario till late afternoon of Thursday when a court docket in Capas, Tarlac, launched buzzer-beating warrant of arrest for Guo for 2 counts of the legal fees of graft.
However earlier than that Tarlac warrant, she might have walked free in Indonesia.
“Anong oras namin nalaman [‘yung 1 pm deadline] pa-tanghalian na, kung maghahanap ka ng eroplano papunta ‘dun halos wala na, halos puno na. Pangatlo, mahirap kasi kukuha ka ng particular allow kasi could kasama kang naka posas e,” mentioned Abalos.
(We discovered in regards to the 1 pm deadline round lunchtime, so if we search for a flight, virtually every thing was booked. It was additionally tough to get a particular allow to journey with somebody who’s handcuffed.)
Abalos mentioned he known as in a favor to a buddy to get chartered flights forwards and backwards, including that the federal government didn’t spend for the mission. Abalos and Marbil mentioned they needed to invoke police-to-police cooperation to maneuver the deadline, which the Indonesian police allowed.
Abalos mentioned the reported prisoner swap deal for Australian nationwide Gregor Johann Haas, wished in Indonesia for drug smuggling, “was by no means the idea” for the deportation.
“So far as Indonesia is worried, it was talked about that the demise penalty for that individual, they weren’t contemplating. It was by no means the idea,” mentioned Abalos.
Guo landed previous 1 am on Friday, September 6, at a non-public hangar in Pasay handcuffed and carrying an orange detainee shirt. Guo invoked her proper to stay silent, and solely gave just a few statements in regards to the demise risk she mentioned she’d been getting.
“I affirm every thing the Secretary mentioned, that I’ve demise threats. Humihingi po ako ng tulong sa kanila, at masaya po akong nakita ko sila, I really feel secure (I’m asking assist from them, and I’m pleased I noticed them, I really feel secure),” mentioned Guo.
Photographs of Guo with Abalos, Marbil, and several other of the Philippine operatives who have been a part of the mission, exhibiting them smiling, drew the ire of the general public, which condemned what they mentioned was particular therapy for somebody being linked to huge scamming, torture, trafficking, and cash laundering. The accusations towards Guo associated to shady POGOs (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation) are nonetheless on the prosecutorial stage on the Division of Justice (DOJ).
“She felt relieved,” mentioned Abalos, however stopped in need of saying if he was in a position to safe a dedication of cooperation from Guo insofar as naming the large fish behind POGOs, or at the least those that helped her flee the nation.
“Ang pinayo ko sa kanya, huwag siyang matakot sabihin ‘yung totoo, and we are going to deal with her safety (I suggested her to not concern saying the reality, and we are going to deal with her safety),” mentioned the inside chief.
As a result of there’s now a legal warrant for graft towards Guo, Marbil mentioned the PNP would preserve her in custody till such time that she will be able to publish bail in Capas, Tarlac. Solely when the court docket receives her P180,000 bail and points a launch order would the PNP flip her over to the Senate, the place she has a warrant for contempt. – Rappler.com
