Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Philippine judge on Thursday sentenced a former mayor convicted of human trafficking in connection with an illegal offshore gambling operation in her town, according to local reports.
Alice Guo, the disgraced 35-year-old former mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, located about 62 miles northeast of the capital Manila, was sentenced by the Pasig Regional Trial Court to life in prison, Rappler reported.
She was convicted along with seven co-defendants, while five others were acquitted. The case remains open.
"This eagerly awaited ruling is not only a legal victory but also a moral one," the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission said in a statement.
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