00:00It all started when Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, or PAO, received a tip
00:09about the victims of torture, illegal detention, and human trafficking in Bambang, Tarlac.
00:19I received a call from the Malaysian Embassy.
00:23They also have a national that is stopping people from leaving there, also hostages.
00:31When the information about human trafficking and other illegal activities in Bambang, Tarlac was complete,
00:39the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission organized an operation.
00:44On March 13, the PAO's operating unit went to Bambang, Tarlac.
00:53Emergency!
00:55Until March 13, 2024, a van was chased by the authorities on the Pampanga Highway.
01:01This is it, Sir.
01:04This is it, just move it.
01:10Okay, okay, you, you, you.
01:15Don't run.
01:17Don't run.
01:19When the van was caught and blocked,
01:22this is where they saw the foreign employees of the PAO.
01:28When the sun rose,
01:30the authorities went straight to the so-called headquarters of those caught in Bambang, Tarlac.
01:36It was made up of 37 buildings.
01:39Their rescue was not less than 800 foreign employees.
01:44In the investigation of the PAO,
01:47it was revealed that Zun Yuan Technology was involved in the case.
01:51We don't call them POGO hubs anymore.
01:54I'll call them SCUM hubs.
01:57Yes.
01:59The legal ones are different.
02:01But what's surprising here is that the ones we raided lately,
02:05SKK, SmartPep, Bambang,
02:08all of them are legal.
02:10All of the illegal ones are hiding there.
02:13All of them.
02:15All of them.
02:17All of them.
02:19All of the illegal ones are hiding there.
02:23In Impapawid,
02:25the vastness and size of the compound is noticeable.
02:28There are houses, dormitories, villas,
02:31and even an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
02:34When the reporter's notebook entered the POGO hub,
02:37there were still foreigners who worked and lived here.
02:42Inside the houses,
02:44the SCUM farm can be found.
02:45Here, you can see various computers
02:49that were sometimes used to deceive victims
02:52from different countries, including China.
02:57Love Scam,
02:59Investment Scam,
03:01and Cryptocurrency Scam were found here.
03:03Every employee uses a script to be able to scam.
03:08This begins with the profiling,
03:11the search for the victim.
03:12It says here,
03:14after adding to WhatsApp,
03:17you must reply to your customer's message in time.
03:20Real time, so to speak.
03:22If a customer is slow to reply
03:24or doesn't reply to your customer,
03:26just delete him and don't waste your time.
03:28Look for a new one.
03:30Yes, move on right away.
03:32In the villas of the so-called Big Boss,
03:34there are garage cars parked in the garages.
03:38Inside,
03:40there are expensive furniture
03:42that can be found.
03:46In each villa,
03:48the value is estimated at P44 million,
03:50according to PAOK.
03:52When the operation was launched,
03:54some questionable details about Pogo Hub were published here,
03:58especially this location,
04:00which is just behind the municipality of Bamban.
04:04When PAOK investigated the property,
04:06it turns out that the mayor of Bamban,
04:08Alice Wu,
04:10was not involved.
04:12This is where the investigation of the Senate began.
04:15We are now one of the fastest-growing hotspots
04:20for scams around the world.
04:24The chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women and Children,
04:27Senator Risa Ontiveros,
04:29was able to view the reporter's notebook.
04:31Apparently, after the raid,
04:33on site,
04:34she was able to obtain documents
04:36that she was still paying utilities bills,
04:41salaries of maintenance employees,
04:44and others.
04:46So, there was a concern.
04:48Why was a mayor
04:50so involved here in Pogo Hub?
04:55She was the one who walked the papers
04:57of Zone 1
04:59to be able to do business there.
05:02In the Senate,
05:04the hub is located
05:06under the company,
05:08Baofu Land Development Inc.
05:10At the beginning,
05:12Baofu was not there.
05:14I bought the property for the installment.
05:16When I bought the property,
05:18that's the only time I invited
05:20the Chinese investors
05:23to invest in the land.
05:25But she denied
05:27that she was involved in this illegal operation.
05:30We were not involved in any Pogo operation,
05:32Your Honor.
05:34While the investigation was ongoing,
05:36the questions were centered
05:38on Guo's identity.
05:40Mayor Guo has no hospital record of birth.
05:43Her certificate of life birth
05:45was registered
05:47when she was 17 years old.
05:49Based on Guo's birth certificate,
05:51her father is Filipino.
05:53But this is different
05:55from some documents
05:57related to their business.
05:59My father is Chinese.
06:00Okay, he is Chinese.
06:02Where is he from in China?
06:04He is from Fujian.
06:06If your father is Chinese,
06:09why is it stated in your birth certificate
06:12that your father, Angelito Guo,
06:14is Filipino?
06:16Why is that?
06:18Your Honor, Angelito
06:20is my father's Filipino name.
06:22The information about Guo's mother
06:24is also different.
06:26The first answer
06:28in the first hearing
06:30is that her mother and father
06:32are married.
06:34It was found in a registry
06:36of live births.
06:38But in her other statements,
06:40as well as in her interview,
06:42it was found that she is a housewife.
06:45Based on your investigation,
06:47who are the parents of Alice Guo?
06:49It points to the same pair,
06:51Angelito Guo
06:53and Amelia Leal.
06:55Unfortunately,
06:57both do not have a birth certificate
06:58nor a marriage certificate.
07:00In the hearing,
07:02where did she grow up?
07:04I grew up in Farm Your Honor.
07:06My father hid me.
07:08I grew up on my own.
07:10In spite of what she said,
07:12she stayed in the farm for several years.
07:18In the election of 2022,
07:20Alice Guo's name suddenly disappeared
07:22and the mayor of Bambang ran away.
07:29In the subsequent investigation
07:31of Guo in the Senate,
07:33he repeatedly said
07:35that he is a simple citizen.
07:37You have assets of almost 300 million pesos,
07:39Mayor, so for me,
07:41he is not just a simple person.
07:43In the Statement of Assets,
07:45Liabilities and Net Worth,
07:47or SALEN issued by Mayor Guo
07:49by the Senate,
07:51it was declared that he owns
07:53three dump trucks
07:55worth 2 million pesos each.
07:56A motor vehicle worth
07:5811 million pesos
08:00and a helicopter worth
08:0260 million pesos.
08:04I really want to do business
08:06with the chopper.
08:08I will make it like an air taxi.
08:10However, it did not push through.
08:12I just sold it.
08:14His cash in bank is 200 million pesos.
08:16He also declared liabilities
08:18of 250 million pesos.
08:20In the documents from
08:22the Securities and Exchange Commission
08:24or SEC issued in the hearing,
08:26it was found out that
08:28before Guo entered politics,
08:30he was already an incorporator
08:32and major shareholder
08:34of 11 companies since 2010.
08:36He has an embroidery business,
08:38meat shop, slaughterhouse,
08:40smelting plant,
08:42and farm registered by Guo.
08:44Mayor Guo is also an incorporator
08:46in Baofu Land Development Incorporated,
08:48the land owned by
08:50ZUN U1 Technology Incorporated.
08:53The Senate and the authorities
08:54in investigating Guo
08:56in the following hearings
08:58are gradually clarifying
09:00what his true identity is.
09:02I am a homeschooled person,
09:04Your Honor.
09:06Of course, Guo is not a homeschooled person.
09:08He studied in a private Chinese school
09:10in Quezon City,
09:12except for the first things he said
09:14in the hearing.
09:16As far as I remember,
09:18there was no farm in our school.
09:20It was all buildings.
09:21According to the investigation of NBI,
09:23fingerprints of Alice Leal Guo
09:25and a Chinese national,
09:27Guo Huaping,
09:29were found.
09:31We are 100% sure
09:33that Alice Leal Guo and Guo Huaping
09:35are one and the same person.
09:37According to records,
09:39Guo Huaping arrived in the country
09:41on January 12, 2003.
09:43We cannot say
09:45the basis of the fingerprints
09:47or the source of the fingerprints
09:49because as we speak,
09:51there is no document at all
09:53for that matter.
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