FUGITIVES. Four Japanese fugitives arrested by the National Capital Region Office agents in operations in the cities of Pasay and Parañaque on Tuesday (July 15, 2024). The four are members of a telecom fraud syndicate based in Cambodia. (Photos courtesy of NCRPO)
MANILA – The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), together with agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI), arrested four Japanese nationals who are members of a telecommunications fraud syndicate based in Cambodia.
The NCRPO operatives nabbed Sawada Masaya, 43; Suzuki Seiji, 29, Koji Euda, 27; and Jun Kiyohara, 29 in operations in the cities of Pasay and Parañaque on Tuesday.
NCRPO chief Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez said the operations stemmed from the coordination with the Immigration authorities in running after four wanted Japanese allegedly hiding in the country.
“The operation was based on the arrest warrant issued by a Japanese court for alleged fraud. Based on the information, they are believed to involved and members of a telecom fraud syndicate based in Cambodia with criminal charges for extortion and fraud,” Nartatez said in a statement on Wednesday.
Masaya was first arrested while arriving from Cebu on Tuesday. The three others were nabbed during the operation around 2 p.m. in BF Homes, Parañaque City.
Nartatez said the four Japanese have been placed under the custody of the Regional Intelligence Division of the Regional Special Operations Group.
He said coordination is now being done with Immigration and Japanese authorities for the deportation of the four fugitives.
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Immigration reported the deportation of Aoi Ikeda, 36, who was arrested last January 15 at the NAIA Terminal 3.
He was deported last June 26 to Osaka after the BI found him guilty of violation of immigration laws. His name was included in the BI’s blacklist, effectively barring him from reentering the Philippines. (with Ferdinand Patinio/PNA)
