Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the aliens were arrested in separate operations conducted by the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU) in Metro Manila and in Pampanga.
“We are in the midst of an intensified campaign to flush out these wanted foreigners who are using the country as a refuge to elude arrest and prosecution for crimes they committed in their homeland,” Tansingco said.
According to the BI chief, all four South Koreans will be deported for being undesirable and undocumented aliens, adding that their passports were already revoked by their government. “They will also be placed in our blacklist, thus banning them from reentering the country,” he said.
The first to fall was 39-year-old Chun Junghoon who was arrested in San Antonio Village, Pasig City. The suspect has been on the bureau’s wanted list since 2020 when he was ordered deported by the BI board of commissioners.
The Busan District Court issued in January 2020 an arrest warrant against Chun January 2020 telecom fraud charges involving over three million Korean won (roughly $3,000).
FSU agents also arrested Kim Jingsuk in Barangay Anonas, Angeles City, Pampanga who was wanted by a district court in Chuncheon, South Korea for embezzling 367 million won equivalent to $300,000 from his employer by illegally selling 1,300 tons of imported coal from Russia.
Also apprehended in Pampanga was Park Geon Jin, 34 who is wanted in Seoul Seobu District Court in Korea for being tagged as a member of a voice phishing organization, which has reportedly committed over 7.65 Million Korean won fraud damages since their operation in 2018.
In another operation, FSU operatives nabbed in Angeles City 40-year-old Park Kyoungtae, who is also wanted in Busan for illegally operating a gambling website since 2020, and generating revenues through online bets.
All four aliens are now detained at the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City pending deportation.