Philippines says probing escape of ex-mayor accused of Chinese…

An Indonesian immigration official who declined to be named because he is not authorised to speak to the media confirmed that Guo entered the country on Aug. 18 at 1:13 pm [0513 GMT]. The official did not immediately respond when asked if Guo was still in Indonesia. “Those responsible will be suspended and will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” “We will expose the culprits who have betrayed the people’s trust and aided in her flight,” Marcos said in a statement.

Fitzpatrick Burtt sexually assaulted her multiple times before he kicked the woman in the face after she started crying, pouring ice over her as she lay on the floor and stomped on her, according to the prosecution. MANILA, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday his government was investigating how Alice Guo, a former town mayor accused of ties with Chinese criminal syndicates, managed to flee the country. The blonde Oscar nominee has been traveling throughout Europe this summer – she has been in Cannes, Rome and Turkey Sharon Stone showed off a black eye in a photo that went viral on social media on Wednesday.

And on Thursday morning the Casino star explained exactly how she got bruised in an Instagram post captioned, ‘Black eye update’ The Basic Instinct actress said that the trip has been ‘tough’ but she is ‘tougher’ as she posed in a black and white outfit. Fans were concerned about what happened to the 66-year-old former Playboy model. Guo’s case comes at a time of growing Philippine suspicion about China’s activities following an increasingly tense dispute over reefs and shoals in the busy waterway of the South China Sea, where both nations have overlapping claims.

The Senate investigation began in May after authorities raided a casino in Guo’s sleepy farming town of Bamban in March, uncovering what authorities said were scams perpetrated from a facility built on land partially owned by the former mayor.

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