Embattled Philippine mayor Alice Guo explains evasiveness over mysterious past: ‘I’m not a spy, I’m a love child’
- In a televised interview, Guo revealed that she was an abandoned child of a domestic helper and a man who was a Chinese citizen
- Questions have been raised about her possible links to a Philippine offshore gaming operator allegedly helmed by a Chinese criminal
Alice Leal Guo, 38, mayor of Bamban town, on Monday addressed the media amid mounting controversy over her background, insisting in Tagalog: “I’m not a spy. I am a Filipino, I love my country.” In a public statement, she added: “I am a love child of my beloved father and our housekeeper [kasambahay].”
Guo, who won the 2022 election on her first attempt and with no previous political experience, wrote in her certificate of candidacy that she was born in the town of Tarlac in the province of the same name. In an interview with TV Patrol, she admitted she was an abandoned child of a domestic helper and a man who was a Chinese citizen. Guo, 38, has yet to reveal the nationality of her mother.
“I couldn’t do it [tell the Senate] because for me it was too private; I couldn’t bear telling others that I was left by my own mother,”she said.
