3 Koreans nabbed for online gaming
CLARK FREEPORT --Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested three Koreans who were caught operating online gaming sites in Angeles City.
This is in violation of their country’s law against illegal gambling.
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said members of the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU) arrested the aliens on Wednesday inside a residence in Timog Park Subd., Angeles City.
The suspects reportedly set up workstations that they used to run their clandestine business.
Morente said two of those arrested, identified as Lee Jongdae, 38, and Sun Dong Ho, 39, are fugitives wanted by authorities in Seoul while the other one, Kim Dong Heon, 31, is their accomplice in the online gaming business.
Lee is subject of an arrest warrant issued by the Cheongju district court in Chungcheong province, Korea where he is charged with setting up gambling places in violation of his country’s penal code.
Sun was accused of engaging in sexual exploitation and prostitution for allegedly operating websites in 2014 that offered Filipina prostitutes to at least 30 Korean customers.
All three aliens are currently detained at the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City pending issuance of the order for their deportation by the bureau’s board of commi ssioners.
Morente said the Koreans will be deported for being undesirable aliens.
They will also be blacklisted and banned from reentering the country, he added.
“Let their arrest serve as a warning to other unscrupulous aliens that they should not use the Philippines as a venue for their illegal activities,” the BI chief said.
He cited the case of Sun who allegedly preyed on Filipino women by luring them into prostitution to cater to the sexual desires of Korean customers.
“He committed a very serious offense against our Filipino women. It is only proper that he be deported and blacklisted for what he did,” Morente said.
CLARK FREEPORT--The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its concerned Field Offices (FOs), has started to provide augmentation assistance to local government units (LGUs) affected by the Southwest Monsoon rains which was enhanced by Typhoon ‘Fabian.’
Based on the latest report of the DSWD Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB), the DSWD FO CALABARZON, in coordination with the Batangas Provincial Quick Response Team (QRT) facilitated the distribution of 387 family food packs (FFPs) to affected families in the municipalities of Calaca, Calatagan, and Nasugbu in Batangas on July 25.
DSWD FO MIMAROPA also provided a total of 5,200 family food packs amounting to P3.6 million to the provinces of Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro for distribution to the affected families.
Meanwhile, in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), DSWD FO CAR distributed 12 FFPs, four boxes of hygiene kits, four boxes of sleeping kits, and one box of family kit to displaced families in La Trinidad, Benguet. The FO also prepositioned 2,000 FFPs to the LGU of Abra.
In Central Luzon, the DSWD FO already requested 5,000 additional stockpile from the National Resource Operations Center (NROC), the main disaster hub of DSWD, for storage at the warehouse in Fort Ramon Magsaysay, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija and can be distributed to affected families in the area when needed.
Concerned FOs are also consistently coordinating with Local Social Welfare and Development Offices (LSWDOs) to ensure that the needs of displaced families and individuals inside and outside evacuation centers are met.
Currently, there are 11,590 families or 44,100 individuals staying in 424 evacuation centers in Regions I, III, NCR, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, and CAR, while some 12,621 families or 55,854 persons are temporarily staying with their relatives and/ or friends in Regions I, III, NCR, MIMAROPA, and CAR.
The DSWD is ready to receive requests for augmentation and technical assistance from concerned LGUs to ensure the immediate release of assistance to affected citizens.