Aphilippine court convicted a former mayor, who officials say is a chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming complex in a northern. This file photo taken on september 6, 2024, shows alice guo (left), former mayor of bamban in the philippines' tarlac province, accused of human trafficking and links to chinese organized crime, being escorted to a press conference in manila A philippine court on november 20, 2025, sentenced alice. Philippine authorities allege that guo is a chinese national named guo huaping, who faked filipino citizenship to run for mayor of the town of bamban in northern tarlac province, where she ran a sprawling illegal scam compound near the town hall. Alice guo, who was mayor of the town of bamban in northern tarlac province until last year, was sentenced to life in prison for qualified trafficking in persons. seven others, including five. A philippine court found a former mayor guilty of qualified human trafficking and sentenced her to life imprisonment over her role in setting up a scam centre, as southeast.
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