The four House joint committees will grant Cassandra Li Ong’s request to be detained in prison if she continues to refuse to cooperate in the investigation of illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) in the country,

Alice Guo’s alleged business associate Cassandra Ong finally faced a Senate inquiry on Tuesday on the dismissed Bamban mayor’s ties to Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos). Ong repeatedly failed to attend the upper chamber’s hearings because she was sick and hospitalized.

Cassandra Ong, incorporator of Whirlwind Corp. and alleged accomplice of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, has asked the Supreme Court to determine whether lawmakers committed grave abuse of discretion during their investigation into her alleged links to unlawful activities of Philippine offshore gaming operators.

Surigao del Norte Rep. Rober Ace Barbers on Sunday said Congress could grant Cassandra Ong’s request for jail detention if she continues not to cooperate in the Philippine offshore gaming operator’s investigation.