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'Natutulog sa Pansitan!' — Hontiveros Blasts PSA Over 'Alice Guo 2.0' Billionaire's Fake Birth Certificate

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Mar 13, 2026 — 1 min read

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Sen. Risa Hontiveros didn't hold back during a Senate hearing on Monday, slamming the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for taking three whole months to act on the fraudulent birth certificate of a billionaire Chinese national dubbed "Alice Guo 2.0." The senator's frustration was palpable as she grilled PSA officials over the delay.

The case involves Chen Zhong Zhen, an alleged Chinese national who reportedly assumed the Filipino identity of "Joseph Sy" to obtain government permits for his mining company, Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc. He was arrested at NAIA in August 2025 upon arriving from Hong Kong for allegedly using a fraudulently obtained Philippine passport.

During a December 2025 hearing, PSA officials had already admitted under oath that there were irregularities in Chen's late birth registration and promised to endorse the case to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for cancellation. But three months later, Hontiveros discovered the PSA still hadn't moved. "Bakit March lang na-endorse sa OSG? Why did it take three months, a quarter of a year?" she demanded.

PSA legal services chief Eliezer Ambatali acknowledged the delay but claimed they needed to ensure all supporting documents were complete. When he admitted the process normally takes about a month, Hontiveros pressed harder: "So why didn't you do it in January? Why didn't you do it in February?" The senator warned that similar cases would keep slipping through if the PSA kept dragging its feet.

The case has drawn comparisons to Alice Guo — the former Bamban, Tarlac mayor who was declared by a court to be Chinese national Guo Hua Ping and was removed from office over ties to illegal offshore gaming operators. If anything, the Joseph Sy case shows the same playbook is still being used: fake Filipino identities to access permits, passports, and business operations. The question now is whether the government can actually stop it.

Source: Politiko

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