(UPDATES) CASSANDRA Li Ong, the alleged business partner of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, would rather go to jail than appear before a congressional inquiry, her lawyer said Saturday, setting the stage for a test of the wills with senators who want to question her.

"Ms. Ong can't take it anymore," said her counsel Ferdinand Topacio in a media briefing on Saturday.

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