On August 20th, Philippine Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin ordered the Foreign Affairs Department and Justice Department to cancel the passports of Alice Guo and her family..Bersamin said his decision was based on reports that Guo fled the Philippines using her passport to Malaysia before meeting her family in Singapore and then traveling to Indonesia in mid-July..The Philippines' Immigration Bureau confirmed with their foreign counterparts that Guo and her family passed through the three countries but did not have any recorded departures of Guo leaving the country..Guo's attorney, however, said he met with her on August 14th and had evidence to substantiate his statement. Members of the Philippine House of Representatives and Senate called for an investigation to discover how Guo illegally left the country.
On August 20th, Philippine Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin ordered the Foreign Affairs Department and Justice Department to cancel the passports of Alice Guo and her family..Bersamin said his decision was based on reports that Guo fled the Philippines using her passport to Malaysia before meeting her family in Singapore and then traveling to Indonesia in mid-July..The Philippines' Immigration Bureau confirmed with their foreign counterparts that Guo and her family passed through the three countries but did not have any recorded departures of Guo leaving the country..Guo's attorney, however, said he met with her on August 14th and had evidence to substantiate his statement. Members of the Philippine House of Representatives and Senate called for an investigation to discover how Guo illegally left the country.