Why is this small town mayor accused of being a Chinese spy?
Social Media 3 hours ago Mayor Alice Guo's turn on the political spotlight comes as the sea row between Manila and Beijing intensifies. A sleepy town in the Philippines has been thrust into the national spotlight after its mayor was accused of being a Chinese agent. Bamban is a nondescript town in the country's rice-growing flood plains north of the capital, Manila. Its mayor, Alice Guo is the picture of a young, on-the-go public servant. Bespectacled, with long black hair and a ready smile, the 35-year-old speaks Tagalog with no foreign accent and loves to wear pink in public. Nothing about her life - she claims she grew up on a pig farm - seemed to raise alarm bells, until she was called to testify before a Senate hearing earlier this month. Law enforcers had discovered that an online casino - known locally as a Pogo - in her town was really a front for a scam centre. Authorities raided the facility last March and rescued close to 700 workers, including 202 Chinese nationals
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