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Manhunt launched vs detained foreigner who escaped from POGO facility in Pasay City

Published Aug 24, 2023 09:38 am

At A Glance

  • A manhunt has been launched against a foreigner who escaped from the Pasay City premises of the raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) that was used as detention facility for those arrested last Aug. 1.

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A manhunt has been launched against a foreigner who escaped from the Pasay City premises of the raided Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) that was used as detention facility for those arrested last Aug. 1.

 

Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV said the Chinese national escaped detention on Wednesday, Aug. 23, from the Rivendell Global Support, Inc. located at SJ Mobile Building in Pasay City where he was being held along with 28 other foreigners. He did not identify the escaped detainee.

 

“Kahapon po nakakuha po kami ng report na allegedly may nawawalang isang Chinese national doon sa Pasay raid site sa Rivendell (Yesterday we received a report that there is a missing Chinese at the Pasay City raid site at Rivendell),” Clavano, also DOJ spokesperson, said.

 

“Kahapon din nag-compose na tayo ng isang tracker team na magma-manhunt na doon sa nawawalang POGO employee (A tracker team was also formed yesterday to conduct a manhunt of the missing POGO employee),” he said.

 

The tracker team is composed by members of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Bureau of Immigration’s Fugitive Search Unit (BI-FSU).

 

“Hindi kami papayag na may makakawala dahil itong mga Chinese nationals na ito ay mga manloloko, ay mga scammers lang po (We won’t allow them to escape because these Chinese nationals are scammers),” he pointed out.

 

He said it was not yet clear how the Chinese national got out of the POGO facility. 

 

“Inutos po ni secretary na i-investigate kung paano siya nakaalis (Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla has already ordered an investigation to find out how the Chinese escaped),” Clavano said. 

 

The NBI and other government agencies under the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) conducted last Aug. 1 a raid of Rivendell which has been suspected engaged in online scams.

 

The missing Chinese and the 28 other foreigners are facing before the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 111 charges of violating Section 28.1 of Republic Act No. 8799, the Securities Regulations Code.

 

They are also facing before the DOJ a complaint for cybercrime-related fraud.

 

 Clavano said the co-respondents of the foreigners in the cybercrime-related complaint are 85 Filipinos who were also arrested at the offices of the POGO company.

 

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