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BI agents nab Chinese fugitive at NAIA

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A CHINESE national wanted by Beijing authorities for alleged involvement in illegal gambling was arrested by Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The fugitive, identified as Huang Sen, 38, was intercepted at the departure area of the NAIA terminal 1, after a BI officer saw his name in the bureau’s Interpol derogatory system.

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A red notice for Huang’s arrest was issued by Interpol Beijing on Dec. 4 last year at the request of the Chinese government,” BI chief Joel Anthony Viado said.

“He will be deported for being an undesirable alien and placed in our blacklist of undesirable aliens to prevent him from re-entering the country,” he said.

According to BI-Interpol unit acting chief Peter de Guzman, a warrant for Huang’s arrest was issued by the public security bureau of the Luojiang district in Deyang, China on Aug. 27 last year.

The case stemmed from allegations that Huang was involved in a conspiracy to run illegal gambling sites in the Internet, targeting online bettors worldwide.

The gambling syndicate reportedly engaged the services of more than 70,000 people who induced over one million Chinese to place bets on their websites.

It was estimated that more than ¥700 billion, or $95 billion, in gambling funds were wagered in the gambling activities managed by the syndicate from which the group pocketed no less than ¥2 billion, or $272 million in profits.

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