Indonesia agreed Thursday to deport a dismissed Philippine town mayor accused in Manila of helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam center and evading an investigation by the Philippine Senate.
Indonesian police arrested the dismissed mayor, Alice Guo, Tuesday in the outskirts of Jakarta. In exchange, Indonesian authorities hope that the Philippines will repatriate Australian Gregor Johann Haas, one of Indonesia’s most-wanted drug suspects, who was arrested in central Philippines in May.
Silmy Karim, the Law and Human Rights Ministry’s director general of immigration, confirmed that Guo will be deported Thursday afternoon to Manila by a chartered plane. She was scheduled to undergo a medical checkup at the police headquarters before being handed to the Philippine Senate.