00:00Some senators were shocked by Alice Goh's answer to the hearing earlier.
00:05Goh is stubborn. She has a risk in her life that's why she can't answer the questions.
00:09Another senator questioned Goh's case in the court in Tarlac.
00:14Sandra Aguinaldo has the report.
00:19The first question is about her personality. The former Mayor Alice Goh is getting jealous.
00:24Are you Goh-whopping?
00:27Madam Chair, there are cases that were filed against me in the court so I can't answer them to you now.
00:37The Senate has a right to know. Who are we talking about?
00:40Madam Chair, I am Alice Goh.
00:43Even though she was forced to leave the country because she has a risk in her life.
00:49At least you know who facilitated you to ride that yacht.
00:55Is it okay if I don't discuss it with you?
00:58No, it is not okay, Ms. Alice.
01:01I am scared. I can't answer.
01:04Goh wrote the person who facilitated her to escape.
01:08They are siblings, Wesley and Sheila Goh.
01:11Goh's story. They left Manila to ride a yacht.
01:15They boarded a ship and sailed for four days.
01:19Then they boarded a smaller boat to go to Malaysia.
01:23We already boarded a big boat.
01:25To be honest, if I can go back, I will go back.
01:28I want to go home. I want to go back.
01:31Why didn't you do it?
01:32That's right. I made a mistake there.
01:35The Senators' heads got hotter when they asked her about the risks in her life.
01:41I really want to discuss it.
01:43You want to discuss it with us. You're making me nervous.
01:48You will say that you have a death threat and you can't say where your death threat came from?
01:52The Senate hearing is coming to an end but I am afraid of what will happen to my life.
01:57How are you afraid when you talk on the phone? How are you threatened?
02:00Sir, I will not discuss it with the public.
02:03No.
02:04I'm sorry.
02:05The public ought to know.
02:06Goh admitted that she left the country on August 14,
02:10the day she asked Attorney Elmer Galicia for his counter affidavit for the Qualified Human Trafficking Complaint.
02:18But he refused to answer if he knows Galicia.
02:21Ms. Alice, we are running out of patience here.
02:25If Senator Francis Talentino will be questioned,
02:28Goh's custody should be with the Senate.
02:30The warrant of arrest initiated by Tarlac RTC is invalid.
02:34Talentino said that the nearest judicial region in Tarlac is Ordaneta, Pangasinan or in Valenzuela.
02:42Only there can the case be filed against Goh.
02:46The nearest is Valenzuela City, Metro Manila.
02:51Only there can the case be filed against him.
02:53From Capas, the nearest is Ordaneta City.
02:57But since the name of a Pangasinan mayor was likewise implicated here,
03:02there might be an influence.
03:05So it cannot be in Region 1.
03:08In the hearing, Senator Gingo Estrada asked Goh to testify on behalf of the Pangasinan mayor, Liceldo Calugay.
03:16It was denied by the former mayor.
03:18Capas RTC Branch 109 refused to give a statement on the issue.
03:23Ombudsman Samuel Martirez explained why the case was filed in Tarlac.
03:28At the time we filed the information, Alice Goh was no longer a public official.
03:36Since Alice Goh was dismissed by the Ombudsman,
03:40Capas-Tarlac will remain because it has jurisdiction in Bamban.
03:46Sandra Aguinaldo reporting for GMA Integrated News.
04:06Thanks for watching.
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