00:00The NBI is working with the International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL,
00:07to find out the whereabouts of Dismissed Mayor Alice Goh.
00:12The Solicitor General said that Goh may return to the country if she faces a criminal case
00:21that is not yet filed in the Justice Department.
00:26Sandra Aguinaldo is on the case.
00:31Now, various government offices are saying that they have information that she is already abroad.
00:38Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Goh, what will be the next move of the government?
00:43Because Goh is not yet a case in court, the government's move is calculated.
00:48The DFA said that they have been talking about Goh's story for a long time.
00:53They have already reached an agreement since the NBI confirmed that Alice Goh,
00:58who became the mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, and the Chinese national Goh Huaping, are one person.
01:05We cannot do this alone. This is a whole-of-government approach.
01:10What is important here is, on the part of the DFA, we assure the public that ever since the first one,
01:19our coordination has been strong.
01:21We are cooperating with the Senate, Congress, and other government agencies
01:28so that this issue can be resolved.
01:32DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo said that Goh's passport can be cancelled
01:38under the Philippine Passport Law as long as the identity of the passport is clear.
01:44Once we receive these documents stating that this person has a problem,
01:51a fake identity, and he is a foreigner, then we will cancel the passport.
01:56Otherwise, this requirement would be a court order directing us to cancel.
02:01As of now, the criminal complaint of qualified human trafficking against Goh
02:06has not yet been filed in the DOJ's court.
02:09The Office of the Solicitor General, or OSG, filed a petition to the court
02:14to cancel Goh's birth certificate as a Filipino.
02:18The OSG also filed a co-warrantor petition to remove Goh as mayor of Bamban.
02:25The Comelec is still under preliminary investigation for the material misrepresentation complaint against Goh.
02:33Aside from this, the Ombudsman issued a decision to remove Goh as mayor.
02:39The Court of Appeals also freezed his bank accounts and assets.
02:43There is no warrant or arrest order from the court that can be used for interpol activities.
02:57It's up to the government to decide what they want to do.
03:03The warrant of Yalis is only for the Senate Contemporary.
03:10The Solicitor General, Menardo Guevara, said that the extradition or return of a person
03:16can only be done to face criminal charges.
03:20As of now, the criminal case against Goh is human trafficking
03:25that is being investigated by the DOJ and material misrepresentation
03:29that is being investigated by the Comelec.
03:31If this is still true in Indonesia, the Philippines has an extradition treaty with Indonesia, said the DFA.
03:37The NBI has already asked Interpol to include Goh in the blue notice list
03:43that can help in the dissemination of information,
03:46in the identification, location or activity related to the criminal investigation.
03:52The red notice is for pending criminal cases.
03:58The blue notice is just a watch out.
04:01That's all.
04:03Do you think the NBI will be able to do it?
04:06Of course, there is a request like that.
04:09We are talking to each other and coordinating.
04:12There is still no answer from us.
04:15For GMA Integrated News, Sandra Aguinaldo, Katutok, 24 Hours.
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