00:00 Bamban Mayor Alice Goh called the questions to the Senate traumatic
00:05 that she was not able to answer so that the Father could not interfere in the issue.
00:10 And the explanation is that the Father's son is included in his worship.
00:15 Senator El Tiveros pointed out that there are still doubts
00:19 like Goh's incorporation in POGO in Bamban
00:23 along with other questions about the abroad case.
00:26 Maris Umali has the story.
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00:31 Your Honor, I don't remember him.
00:35 This is the answer of Bamban Mayor Alice Goh
00:38 to the question of the Senators about the details of her identity.
00:41 She explained it in the statement published on her social media page.
00:45 The Mayor also asked for a clarification in a statement posted online.
00:49 She said she's almost blank whenever she's in front of the Senators.
00:53 The questions in the Senate hearing about her identity are traumatic
00:58 because it will refresh the wound of her family.
01:01 She's the daughter of her father in their house.
01:05 She was left by her real mother when she was young.
01:08 She was raised and hid in a hog farm.
01:11 She was avoided from things that would give her recognition.
01:15 That's the reason why she has almost no experience.
01:19 She was denied the real home tutor
01:21 and no paper or diploma of a formal education.
01:24 She only asked for her mother's name
01:28 when she was registered as a teenager.
01:32 She was avoided from asking questions
01:34 because she doesn't want to expose her 70-year-old father to the issue.
01:38 In both statements, Goh denied that she was involved in the raid on Bamban.
01:43 She didn't ask for a protector or was behind the illegal operation.
01:47 She's not a spy of any country.
01:51 She's a true Filipino.
01:55 As a mayor, she didn't receive any notice
01:58 about the illegal operations of POGO before the raid.
02:01 But she pointed out that it's licensed
02:04 and that POGO Compound has an office.
02:06 POGCOR has the responsibility to flag or suppress any violation of it.
02:12 We're still trying to get POGCOR to be allowed to be involved.
02:15 She also said that she was given a good job by the people
02:19 so she allowed the construction of POGO Hub.
02:22 But POGO Compound was already built before she became a mayor in 2022.
02:27 She was even listed as a company that applied for a permit in the municipality in September 2020.
02:33 Senator Risa Ontiveros is now a POGO Incorporator in Bamban
02:38 based on the documents she submitted in 2019
02:41 to the Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC.
02:44 The Chinese, Zhang Ruijin, and the Dominican, Bao Ying Lin,
02:49 were also convicted last month
02:52 after being involved in the largest money laundering case in Singapore.
02:56 Bao Ying is also facing charges.
02:59 Mayor Guo will be called by the NAPOCOM
03:02 as part of the process of removing the authority of the local police
03:08 to study if this act is based on something.
03:11 They're now waiting for the NAPOCOM's decision to be released.
03:15 Even the Philippine National Police is now investigating the case.
03:19 We're also investigating if the local police of Bamban, Tarlac,
03:27 were involved in the illegal activities of POGO-related business.
03:36 For GMA Integrated News, Maris Umali, Nagtutok, 24 Hours.
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