Alice Guo’s mother could also be Chinese, says Gatchalian

Bamban, Tarlac City Mayor Alice Guo during the resumption of Senate probe on the Pogo hub in Tarlac in this file photo taken on May 22, 2024. INQUIRER.net file photo / NOY MORCOSO

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday said there’s a big possibility that embattled Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s mother is Chinese.

Speaking at the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum, Gatchalian said it is highly likely that the “Amelia Leal” earlier introduced by Guo as her mother is just a figment of her imagination.

“There’s a big possibility na itong si Amelia Leal is a figment of their imagination. Walang ganitong tao. Yung kanyang mother is another person. Most likely, ang mother niya is also Chinese,” said Gatchalian.

(There’s a big possibility that this Amelia Leal is a figment of their imagination. There is no such person. Her mother is another person. Most likely, her mother is also Chinese.)

In the same forum, the senator said a certain Chinese woman named Lin Wenyi could be Guo’s real mother. Citing the investigation led by his office, Gatchalian said the name keeps on popping up on Guo family’s financial statements.

“[A]ng corporators ng kanyang corporation kasama doon yung kanyang mga kapatid at kasama yung kanyang tatay at meron pa isa doon na kasama, isang babae pangalan Lin Wenyi na tingin ko ito siguro yung totoong nanay niya, tingin ko ha, may personal analysis, because family corporations ito eh,” said Gatchalian.

(The corporators of her corporation included her siblings and her father and there was another person there, a woman named Lin Wenyi who I think is probably her real mother, I think so — this is a personal analysis  because these are family corporations.)

Guo has been the subject of scrutiny after the Senate panel on women bared her alleged ties to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators.

Apart from denying her supposed ties to these illegal firms, the mayor earlier disclosed that she grew up with her father on a hog-raising farm. According to her, she stayed hidden, being the love child of her father and his housekeeper.

Other “irregularities” in Guo’s citizenship were likewise questioned by senators, noting that the town mayor couldn’t even tell significant details of her upbringing.