Former Philippines mayor Alice Guo gets life on trafficking charges: prosecutor

A PHILIPPINE court on Thursday sentenced Alice Guo, a Chinese national who became a mayor while masquerading as a Filipina, and seven others to life in prison on human trafficking charges, state prosecutors said.

Guo, who served as mayor of a town north of Manila, was found guilty of running a Chinese-operated online gambling centre where hundreds of people were forced to run scams or risk torture. AFP