Two companions of dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo were escorted back to Manila on Thursday after their arrest and detention in Indonesia.
Guo’s sister, Sheila, and business associate Cassandra Li Ong are scheduled to arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 around 5 p.m. via Philippine Airlines flight from Jakarta.
In a press release obtained by reporters covering NAIA, the Directorate General (DG) of Immigration in Indonesia said it handed over Sheila, 40, and Ong, 24, to the Philippine Immigration Bureau to be escorted back to the Philippines.
It added Sheila and Ong, along with two other persons, who are still at large, “are four fugitives from the Philippine government for their alleged involvement in immigration violations and are prime suspects in transnational crime cases.”
DG Immigration head of public relations team Achmad Nur Saleh said Batam Immigration officers made the arrest following reports that Sheila and Ong “were included in the wanted Filipino citizens in accordance with the request letter from the Department Of Justice, Bureau Of Immigration Philippines dated August 19.”
The Immigration officers also learned that Sheila and Ong, and their two companions, booked four rooms at the Harris Hotel Batam Center for the last three days.
Director of Immigration Supervision and Enforcement, Safar M. Godam said they also found out that a Singaporean national helped the four to make the hotel reservations.
