{"id":777015763,"date":"2024-05-23T08:40:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T11:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015763"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:58:51","slug":"bamban-mayor-denies-link-with-offshore-gambling-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bamban-mayor-denies-link-with-offshore-gambling-company","title":{"rendered":"Bamban mayor denies link with offshore gambling company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alice Guo has also denied knowledge of foreign business partners&#8217; criminal records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philippines.- Bamban mayor\u00a0<strong>Alice Guo<\/strong>\u00a0has denied having any link with an offshore gambling\u00a0operator\u2019s\u00a0illegal activities. Responding to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-senator-welcomes-removal-of-bamban-mayors-control-of-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">senator\u00a0Rita\u00a0Hontiveros&#8217;\u00a0accusations<\/a>, she told a Senate hearing she had been unaware of the criminal backgrounds of her foreign business associates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hontiveros mentioned that Baofu Land Development\u2019s 2019 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents listed Guo as a founder with Rachel Joan Malonzo Carreon, Zhiyang Huang, Zhang Ruijin, and Baoying Lin. Zhang has been convicted of involvement in money laundering in Singapore and Lin faces criminal charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zun Yuan Technology Incorporated, an offshore gaming operator raided\u00a0in March, was operating within the Baofu compound behind Bamban Municipal Hall. Guo also denied a claim by senator Jinggoy Estrada that she has ties to a mayor in Pangasinan who is allegedly running a gambling business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions have arisen about\u00a0Guo&#8217;s\u00a0identity and background, as she admitted to lacking knowledge of personal details like her birthplace and educational history. She won the mayoral election in 2022 despite\u00a0limited political experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/dilg-orders-revocation-of-bamban-mayors-control-of-police\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DILG orders revocation of Bamban&nbsp;mayor\u2019s&nbsp;control of&nbsp;police<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alice Guo has also denied knowledge of foreign business partners&#8217; criminal records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777009718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Bamban Mayor Alice Guo has denied involvement with an offshore gambling operator's illegal activities and claims ignorance of her foreign business partners' criminal records, including a money laundering conviction in Singapore. These allegations, raised during a Senate hearing, link her to Baofu Land Development, where a raided POGO, Zun Yuan Technology, operated, raising significant governance and regulatory compliance concerns within the Philippine iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Alice Guo, Rita Hontiveros, Rachel Joan Malonzo Carreon, Zhiyang Huang, Zhang Ruijin, Baoying Lin, Jinggoy Estrada, Baofu Land Development, Zun Yuan Technology Incorporated, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Senate, DILG","focusai_location":"Philippines, Bamban, Singapore, Pangasinan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the anticipated long-term implications for the Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) licensing framework and operational landscape following these high-profile allegations and enforcement actions?"},{"label":"Corporate Governance Failures","query":"How will the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulatory bodies enhance due diligence and corporate governance oversight for entities involved in the iGaming supply chain, particularly regarding beneficial ownership and foreign partnerships?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[15789],"class_list":["post-777015763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777015763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015770,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015763\/revisions\/777015770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}