As the senate digs into the many issues involving suspended mayor Alice Guo, other agencies led by the National Bureau of Investigation conducted a raid of the farm where many buildings are situated. The buildings are disowned by the suspended mayor as she insists that she only owns the land where the buildings where erected. She had the temerity to tell the senate committee that she did not know about the construction of the buildings as she only owns the land. When pressed why she allowed the constructions as shown in the building permits, she claimed that it was the engineer office that reviewed the plans and her office only approved the permit as ministerial duty.
The raids led to the discovery of well-designed spacious airconditioned rooms. In the rooms were high-end computers where online gambling are operated by Chinese nationals. But the shocking discovery was the existence of underground tunnels that are connected to a banker. Probers believe that the banker was used as conduit of huge money that were transacted beyond notice of government agencies, primarily the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLAC). It is believed that the billions of pesos used by suspended mayor Alice Guo in the acquisition of her properties which include luxury cars, heavy equipment and a helicopter. This, aside from the huge money used in the construction of the buildings.
Clearly, the engineering office under the office of the suspended mayor did not bother to inspect the construction of the buildings which had interconnected tunnels. As found by the agencies that inspected the buildings, the supposed incorporators have their luxury houses in said buildings. On top of such findings, the there was a house inside what appears as a fabricated lake. The house in the middle of the lake is believed to be the residence of the top officials of the corporations owning the offshore gambling site. Surprisingly, government authorities did not find anyone of the officials believed to be hiding in said house.
The seemingly complicated mess involving suspended mayor Alice Guo are going deeper that probers would need more time and resources to dig. It now requires the collaborative efforts of various government agencies. Already, there is a move to put the suspended mayor behind bars following the issuance of an arrest warrant. There too is an investigation into the disqualification of the suspended mayor due to her Chinese citizenship which disqualifies her from holding elective public office.
Far from reaching a final conclusion of the ongoing senate investigation, the public is caught into following developments through the various multimedia platforms. Indeed, there are many more facts that could be discovered and the senate committee, with the help of the various government agencies, have to conduct wider and deeper digs.
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