Who helped Alice Guo escape? Unnamed Philippine police chief blamed

Raul Villanueva, senior vice-president of gaming watchdog Pagcor’s security and monitoring cluster, said that intelligence reports suggested immigration and police officials had played a role in facilitating Guo and her family’s flight in July.

“I don’t have the name,” he told a Senate panel led by lawmaker Risa Hontiveros, who is spearheading the investigation. “There were some rumours in the intelligence community that [it was] a former chief” of the Philippine National Police.

“The intelligence community is still confirming it,” Villanueva said on Tuesday, further indicating that the former police chief might have been on Guo’s payroll, although this information remains unverified.

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