Overview
- The court also ordered Guo to pay a 2 million peso fine.
- In a June ruling, judges found she is Chinese and had falsely claimed Philippine nationality to hold the mayoral post.
- The judgment concluded that Guo and multiple co-conspirators engaged in human trafficking beyond doubt.
- Prosecutors say foreign nationals were coerced into fraud at Chinese-linked online gambling sites in Bamban, with local reports noting about 700 people were rescued in a March raid.
- According to AP reporting cited by local media, seven Filipino and Chinese co-defendants were likewise sentenced to life in prison.