Ex-POGO boss 'helped' Guo group in Indonesia, says PAOCC
Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Published Aug 23, 2024 03:04 PM PHT
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Updated Aug 23, 2024 06:06 PM PHT
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Cassandra Li Ong arrives in the Philippines on Aug. 22, 2024 following their apprehension in Indonesia. Bureau of Immigration
Cassandra Li Ong arrives in the Philippines on Aug. 22, 2024 following their apprehension in Indonesia. Bureau of Immigration
MANILA — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Thursday named the Singaporean national that Indonesian authorities said helped Alice Guo's group while they were supposedly hiding in the island of Batam.
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In a press release, Indonesia's Ministry of Law and Human Rights said a Singaporean citizen with the alias ZJ "booked four rooms at the Harris Hotel Batam Center for the last 3 days."
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"From the results of checking CCTV, it was found that ZJ was the party who helped them to make hotel reservations" for Guo's group, according to Indonesia's Director of Immigration Supervision and Enforcement Safar Godam.
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According to PAOCC spokesman Winston Casio, the Indonesian authorities were referring to some "Zhang Jie," whom he claimed was the former president of Lucky South 99.
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"Yung nagbayad ng kanilang hotel ay yung tao na wanted din natin dito sa Pilipinas na siyang dating presidente nitong Lucky South 99 na Singaporean na nagngangalang Zhang Jie," Casio said.
Lucky South 99 was a previously licensed POGO that was raided in June. Several crimes were allegedly happening in the property, including torture.
The Department of Justice earlier said that the apprehension of former Lucky South 99 representative Cassandra Li Ong and Guo's sister Shiela in Indonesia together establishes the link between the Porac and Bamban POGOs.
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Guo's sister and Ong are back in the Philippines and currently under the custody of the Bureau of Immigration
Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Published Aug 23, 2024 03:04 PM PHT
|
Updated Aug 23, 2024 06:06 PM PHT
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Cassandra Li Ong arrives in the Philippines on Aug. 22, 2024 following their apprehension in Indonesia. Bureau of Immigration
Cassandra Li Ong arrives in the Philippines on Aug. 22, 2024 following their apprehension in Indonesia. Bureau of Immigration
MANILA — The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Thursday named the Singaporean national that Indonesian authorities said helped Alice Guo's group while they were supposedly hiding in the island of Batam.
• Alice Guo's sister, companion back in PH
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In a press release, Indonesia's Ministry of Law and Human Rights said a Singaporean citizen with the alias ZJ "booked four rooms at the Harris Hotel Batam Center for the last 3 days."
• Alice Guo may still be in Indonesia: BI
"From the results of checking CCTV, it was found that ZJ was the party who helped them to make hotel reservations" for Guo's group, according to Indonesia's Director of Immigration Supervision and Enforcement Safar Godam.
• POGO Paradise: How the Philippines became a hub for illegal POGOs
• 'POGO-politics': Suspected China ties of Tarlac town mayor alarms solon
According to PAOCC spokesman Winston Casio, the Indonesian authorities were referring to some "Zhang Jie," whom he claimed was the former president of Lucky South 99.
• 'Ignorant or complicit?' Senators confront Porac mayor over 'non-action' vs illegal POGO
"Yung nagbayad ng kanilang hotel ay yung tao na wanted din natin dito sa Pilipinas na siyang dating presidente nitong Lucky South 99 na Singaporean na nagngangalang Zhang Jie," Casio said.
Lucky South 99 was a previously licensed POGO that was raided in June. Several crimes were allegedly happening in the property, including torture.
The Department of Justice earlier said that the apprehension of former Lucky South 99 representative Cassandra Li Ong and Guo's sister Shiela in Indonesia together establishes the link between the Porac and Bamban POGOs.
• How Indonesian authorities busted Alice Guo's sister, alleged cohort
Guo's sister and Ong are back in the Philippines and currently under the custody of the Bureau of Immigration
