Ex-mayor's secret past leads to major international spy scandal in Philippines
A former small-town mayor in Philippines faces spy accusations after running illegal gaming centers. Chinese government connections and fake identity claims add complexity to this cross-border investigation
In a small military-surrounded town of Bamban (population 78k) Alice Guo won mayors seat about 2 years ago‚ supporting Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte alliance
The story took an un-expected turn when authorities found out about her alleged double-life: running cyber-scam centers and working as a foreign spy. After running away through several south-east Asian countries she got caught in Indonesia this fall
Local politics got real messy after She Zhijiang (detained chinese business-man) made some serious claims about Guo:
She worked as an agent for Chinese Ministry of State Security and asked me for campaign money
Things got worse when officials found sketchy details about her identity - while her Philippine papers show birth-date somewhere in mid-80s in Tarlac a Chinese passport says shes from Fujian born in 1990
The whole mess started when cops raided a scam-center in Bamban where hundreds of people were forced to do fake-romance schemes online (known as pig-butchering scams); workers had their papers taken away and got beaten if they didnt meet daily goals
Wang Fu Gui who spent 5 years in jail with She backed up spy claims in front of Senator Risa Hontiveros. He said its all part of bigger plan:
- Belt-and-Road strategy
- Foreign colonization tactics
- Intelligence operations worldwide
This case shows how deep Chinese influence goes in Philippines - from fake papers to gaming centers that worked freely during Rodrigo Duterteʼs pro-China rule. Now with Marcos turning towards US all these connections are getting more attention
