MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Francis Escudero ordered three committees to investigate the escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo and three of her alleged accomplices after she was arrested in Indonesia late Tuesday night.

Escudero tasked the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, headed by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel 3rd, to lead the investigation. The secondary and tertiary committees will be the Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, led by Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros and Public Services, by Sen. Raffy Tulfo.

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