Senators urge the suspension of Bambam Mayor Alice Guo due to alleged links to raided POGO Zun Yuan Technology Inc. Its premises at the Baofu Compound in Bamban, Tarlac were raided last month.
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00:00 Senators Risa Conteveros and Sherwin Gatchalian urged the Department of the Interior local
00:05 government to preventively suspend Bambam Mayor Alice Guo due to her alleged links to
00:10 the Philippine offshore gaming operator ZunYuan Technology, Inc.
00:15 The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission raided the Pogo's premises at the Baufu compound
00:20 in Bamban, Tarlac last month.
00:22 Conteveros says the ocular inspection was a continuing discovery of Pogo's links to
00:27 organized crime.
00:29 Documents and other pieces of evidence point to Guo and other officials' involvement
00:33 in the operation of the Pogo facility.
00:35 ZunYuan is by far the biggest among the four Pogos raided by authorities since May 2023.
00:42 Gatchalian says, "As the findings of the PAOCC unfold, there are serious questions
00:47 they must answer."
00:48 The two senators reiterate their call for a ban on all Pogos in the country.
00:52 (gentle music)