Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo on Wednesday mentioned she was initially not conscious of the felony information of her international business companions as disclosed by Senator Risa Hontiveros, claiming she solely realized about it by social media.
Testifying throughout a Senate listening to, Guo mentioned she solely realized about her co-incorporators’ felony information by Hontiveros’ Facebook put up on Tuesday.
“Your honor, nalaman ko po kahapon doon sa Facebook post niyo po. After ko malaman, sinearch ko sila,” the embattled mayor advised Hontiveros when requested if she knew that her earlier co-incorporators in Baofu Compound have been cash launderers.
(Your honor, I solely realized about it yesterday by your Facebook put up. After I realized about it, I looked for it.)
“Kahapon nakita ko sa Facebook post niyo po, na sila ay money launderer sa Singapore at nag-research ako through Google din at nakita ko ay ‘yung dalawa ay sangkot sa money laundering sa Singapore at kahapon ko lang nalaman gawa ng nakita ko sa Facebook post niyo, Madam Chairman,” she added.
(I noticed in your Facebook put up yesterday that they’re cash launderers in Singapore, after which I researched by Google and noticed that the 2 of them are concerned in cash laundering in Singapore.)
In a press release on Tuesday, Hontiveros, citing Baofu Land Development Inc.’s 2019 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) paperwork, famous that Baofu’s incorporators included Guo, Rachel Joan Malonzo Carreon, a Filipino; Zhiyang Huang, a Cypriot; Zhang Ruijin, a Chinese; and Baoying Lin, a Dominican.
Guo mentioned she was solely in a position to discuss to one in every of them.
Hontiveros, in her assertion, talked about news reviews on Zhang Ruijin’s conviction final month for being linked to the “largest money laundering case in Singapore.” Citing a report by Channel News Asia, Hontiveros mentioned the Chinese allegedly has “$41 million in assets overseas, including shareholdings in a Philippine real estate development company.”
She mentioned Baoying Lin additionally has felony fees.
Zun Yuan Technology Incorporated, a Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) which was raided in March over alleged unlawful actions, operated contained in the Baofu compound behind the Bamban Municipal Hall. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
