Alice Guo attends DOJ probe, files counter-affidavit on 3 complaints

Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo on Wednesday filed separate counter-affidavits on the tax evasion, falsification, and graft complaints filed against her before the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to her lawyer.

Gou, also identified as Guo Hua Ping, personally attended the preliminary probe at the Justice Department. She was covered in tactical protective gear and heavily guarded by authorities.

“We just filed the counter affidavit for the cases. Tax evasion, falsification and. violation of 3019,” Atty. Nicole Jamilla, Guo’s legal counsel, said in an interview.

In August 2024, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) filed a tax evasion complaint against Guo, with BIR Commissioner Romeo “Jun” Lumagui saying that she failed to pay P500,000 in taxes.

This was denied by Guo’s camp.

“There is actually no gain to begin with so there is no capital gains or there is no tax,” Jamilla said.

Meanwhile, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed three counts of falsification of public documents against Guo in March 2025 for three deeds of sales.

“This is anchored again on the fact that she is allegedly not a Filipino citizen. So, we just reiterated our argument na Filipino citizen siya and there is no falsification of when she purchased real properties,” Jamilla said.

Jamilla said the graft complaint was filed at the DOJ this year by the NBI and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission over the issuance of permits while she was mayor. 

In their counter-affidavit, she said they denied that a violation occurred. 

“She just performed her duties when she was a mayor and at the same time [she had no connection to] whatever transaction there is,” she said. 

According to Jamilla, there will be a next hearing in the first week of June. 

Guo is also facing a qualified trafficking case before a Pasig court, a graft case before a Valenzuela court, and a material misrepresentation case before a Tarlac court. 

A quo warranto petition was also filed against Guo with a Manila court, as well as a petition to cancel her birth certificate before a Tarlac court.

She is currently detained at the Pasig City Jail. —NB, GMA Integrated News