BI arrested Taiwan No.1 most wanted criminal
Published Sep 10, 2018 12:13 pm
By Jun Ramirez
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is set to deport Taiwan’s No. 1 most wanted criminal, wanted by authorities in Taipei for murdering and cutting into pieces the body of a Canadian teacher.
Bureau of Immigration (Manila Bulletin File Photo)
Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente disclosed that American 37-year-old Oren Shlomo Mayer is currently detained at the BI Detention Center in Bicutan following his arrest on September 6 in Cainta, Rizal by elements from the Bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) and agents from the Philippine National Police, Intelligence Group, National Capital Region.
Morente said Mayer will be deported to Taiwan where he will face charges of homicide for allegedly killing 43-year-old Canadian teacher, Sanjay Ryan Ramgahan on August 21.
“We have received information both from US and Taiwan authorities about Mayer’s crimes, and both request that he be deported to Taiwan,” Morente said.
Mayer, who also goes by the name ‘Oz Diamond’, dismembered his victim before dumping his severed body parts in the river.
Mayer has a pending felony warrant from the Taiwan New Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office issued on August 24, and has been charged with offenses of homicide.
Taiwan police said Mayer fled to Manila on Aug. 25, four days after he and two other suspects were implicated in the murder of Ramgahan as the latter was walking his dog along a riverside park near Zhongzheng Bridge in Taipei’s City's Yonghe District.
“He is on the list of Taiwan’s most wanted fugitives, and is said to be a big-time drug personality in that country,” Morente said.
He added that Mayer is also an undocumented alien as his passport was already revoked by the US government.
According to BI intelligence officer and FSU chief Bobby Raquepo, Mayer is also suspected of being the biggest supplier of marijuana in Northern Taiwan, and that the killing may have been precipitated by an alleged drug dispute with the victim.
The murder was allegedly planned by three suspects. Mayer, with a cohort, allegedly rode bicycles to the area and waited for their victim whom they pounced on and tied with a metal chain, before hacking with machetes.
Bureau of Immigration (Manila Bulletin File Photo)
Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente disclosed that American 37-year-old Oren Shlomo Mayer is currently detained at the BI Detention Center in Bicutan following his arrest on September 6 in Cainta, Rizal by elements from the Bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) and agents from the Philippine National Police, Intelligence Group, National Capital Region.
Morente said Mayer will be deported to Taiwan where he will face charges of homicide for allegedly killing 43-year-old Canadian teacher, Sanjay Ryan Ramgahan on August 21.
“We have received information both from US and Taiwan authorities about Mayer’s crimes, and both request that he be deported to Taiwan,” Morente said.
Mayer, who also goes by the name ‘Oz Diamond’, dismembered his victim before dumping his severed body parts in the river.
Mayer has a pending felony warrant from the Taiwan New Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office issued on August 24, and has been charged with offenses of homicide.
Taiwan police said Mayer fled to Manila on Aug. 25, four days after he and two other suspects were implicated in the murder of Ramgahan as the latter was walking his dog along a riverside park near Zhongzheng Bridge in Taipei’s City's Yonghe District.
“He is on the list of Taiwan’s most wanted fugitives, and is said to be a big-time drug personality in that country,” Morente said.
He added that Mayer is also an undocumented alien as his passport was already revoked by the US government.
According to BI intelligence officer and FSU chief Bobby Raquepo, Mayer is also suspected of being the biggest supplier of marijuana in Northern Taiwan, and that the killing may have been precipitated by an alleged drug dispute with the victim.
The murder was allegedly planned by three suspects. Mayer, with a cohort, allegedly rode bicycles to the area and waited for their victim whom they pounced on and tied with a metal chain, before hacking with machetes.