Fugitive former mayor detained upon return to Philippines from Indonesia
The Peninsula
Manila: A fugitive former mayor was detained in the Philippines early Friday after being extradited to the country, where she is accused of human traf...
Manila: A fugitive former mayor was detained in the Philippines early Friday after being extradited to the country, where she is accused of human trafficking and links to Chinese organised crime, Philippine authorities said.
Alice Leal Guo was initially arrested in Indonesia on Tuesday, having been on the run since she was linked to a Chinese-run online gambling centre where hundreds of people were forced to run scams or risk torture.
Philippine authorities said she was extradited on a government-chartered flight that landed at Manila International Airport at around 1:30 am on Friday (1730 GMT on Thursday).
Guo, the former mayor of Bamban, a town north of the capital Manila, is now in the custody of the Philippines national police, according to the Bureau of Immigration.
