Ranking agency officials working as spies for China?

Several ranking government officials are secretly spying for China, Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino revealed yesterday.

- EMMANUEL TUPAS

According to the senator, those officials can be compared to Alice Guo, the disgraced former mayor of Bamban, Tarlac who is facing charges of human trafficking before a Pasig court.

"There are more Alice Guos. You might be shocked if this comes out. It has even affected the career service," he said during the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City.

The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission earlier said Guo is part of a criminal syndicate responsible for two illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator hubs.

Asked what posts the government officials are occupying, Tolentino said, "probably the sensitive positions which might further their interests."

He said the officials, whom he did not identify, were holding government posts even before President Marcos assumed office in 2022.

He added that these officials, who could either be division chiefs, directors or assistant secretaries, are reporting to and receiving instructions from the Chinese government.