A Philippine senator leading an investigation into a former mayor's alleged links to Chinese criminal syndicates said on Friday she would not rule out her possible involvement in espionage.

An ex-Philippine mayor wanted by authorities for alleged ties to illegal gaming operations was extradited on Thursday from Indonesia, where she was apprehended a day earlier after weeks on the lam, officials said.

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Former Philippines mayor Alice Guo, accused of ties to Chinese criminal syndicates and money laundering, arrived in Manila on Friday on a chartered flight after being deported from Indonesia. Guo, also known as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping,