Indonesia entered Filipinos’ online conversations after its authorities captured Sheila Guo and Cassandra Li Ong , both associated with dismissed Bamban Mayor Guo Hua Ping (or Alice Guo ), at its airport on Thursday. Reports say Sheila, Alice’s sister who is also known as Zhang Mier, and Ong were about to leave Indonesia’s Batam Island when Indonesian investigators from the Directorate of Wasdakim intercepted and deported to the Philippines. Ong is one of the incorporators of the raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub Lucky South 99 .
Indonesian immigration officials apprehended the two at the Mega Mall Batam Centre in Riau, Indonesia on August 20. When the Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration (BI) learned that Sheila and Ong traveled to Batam Island on August 18, they coordinated with their Indonesian counterparts, who initiated an investigation into their whereabouts. “They were considered illegal aliens by Indonesian immigration as they are wanted in the Philippines,” BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said to reporters .
The BI also found out that a male Singaporean allegedly assisted four persons, reportedly including Alice’s brother Wesley Guo , in booking their stay in Indonesia. The Philippine Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission said Wesley is no longer in Indonesia and is already in another country. Meanwhile, Sheila and Ong were nabbed after the Inteldakim Officer at the Batam Immigration Office received a public report of the “su.