Court orders Guo transfer to Pasig City jail

The legal woes of dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo are piling up, after a Pasig court ordered her transfer to the city's jail on charges of qualified human trafficking.

-  EMMANUEL TUPAS

Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 167 Judge Annielyn Medes-Cabelis ordered Guo transferred from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center to the Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory.

The Pasig RTC set Guo's arraignment on Sept. 27 at 8:30 a.m. through a videoconference hearing.

The judge also ordered the arrest of Guo's co-accused: Huang Zhiyang, Rachelle Joan Carreon, Zhang Ruijin, Baoying Lin, Yu Zheng Can, Dennis Cunanan, Jamielyn Cruz, Roderick Paul Pujante, Juan Miguel Alpas, Merlie Joy Castro, Rita Yturralde, Rowena Evangelista, Thelma Laranan and Maybelline Millo, also known as "Shana Yiyi."

In her order dated Sept. 19, the judge also ordered the transfer of Guo's coaccused Walter Wong Long from the Tarlac Provincial Jail to the Pasig City Jail Male Dormitory.

"All the accused in these cases are not entitled to post bail as the charges against them are non-bailable," the judge said.

PNP spokesperson Col.

Jean Fajardo said they will comply with the Pasig court's directive and will transfer Guo after her arraignment on graft charges at a Valenzuela court.