Manila, March 18 -- Former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo and former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque are suspected of having used the same backdoor exit in Tawi-Tawi province to flee the Philippines undetected, Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said Tuesday.
"Alice Guo most likely left the country via a backdoor exit and may have entered Sabah by crossing from Tawi-Tawi," Viado said during a Senate inquiry.
"Why do we think she used the backdoor exit? The country has a porous border with a coastline of 36,289 kilometers, difficult to monitor the whole stretch," he added.
Viado further linked Guo's escape to Roque's suspicious departure, noting that the former Palace official was sighted at the Tawi-Tawi airpo...