Alien fugitives caught in PH

“We will expel and send them back to their countries.

Bureau of Imigration (BI) agents arrested three foreigners for being wanted criminals in their homelands.

BI Commissioner Jaime Morente announced the alien fugitives—two Koreans and a Chinese—were arrested last week during operations conducted in Mindoro and Cebu by elements from the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU) headed by BI Intelligence Officer Bobby Raquepo.

Morente ordered the trio’s arrest upon learning from their embassies in Manila that they are wanted fugitives and that their passports have been cancelled, making them undocumented aliens.

“We will expel and send them back to their countries so they could be tried and penalized for their crimes. The Philippines is not a hideout or a sanctuary for wanted criminals,” the BI chief declared.

The first fugitive to fall was identified as Chinese national Xu Chongchao, 30, who was arrested on July 13 in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro and is wanted in China for large-scale economic crimes.

On 15 July, BI-FSU operatives arrested 39-year-old South Korean Jeon Junbeom at his residence in Villas Magallanes, Lapu Lapu City, Cebu.

Jeon is allegedly subject of an arrest warrant issued by the Joongang district court in Seoul where he was accused of defrauding his compatriots of some more than 563 million Korean won or nearly $5 million through swindling activities. His name is on Interpol’s red notice list.

On the same day, the arresting agents proceeded to a room at the Prince Court Suites Hotel in Mandaue City, Cebu where they collared 31-year-old Joung Ho Jin, also a South Korean.

Joung was arrested on the strength of a warrant issued against him on 5 October 2017 for being a fugitive from justice and for being an undocumented alien. The Korean embassy said Joung has a standing warrant of arrest issued by a Seoul district court where he was charged with fraud. His name is also on Interpol’s red notice list.

The three aliens are detained at the BI’s Warden Facility in Taguig pending their deportation.

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