ANOTHER Taiwanese fugitive has been found among the more than a thousand foreigners rescued from a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) firm in Las Piñas City last week.
This brings to seven the number of foreign fugitives discovered among the foreign victims of human trafficking rescued from the raided Xinchuang Network Technology Inc.
Of the six other fugitives, four are Chinese wanted for fraud and drug trafficking in China and two are Taiwanese, both involved in fraud.
Like the two Taiwanese, the PNP said the third Taiwanese fugitive is also involved in fraud.“In the continuing profiling and documentation (of the rescued foreigners), seven were already discovered to be fugitives. Four of them are from China and the other three are from Taiwan,” said PNP spokeswoman Col. Jean Fajardo.
Fajardo said the seven have been turned over to the Bureau of Immigration “and they (fugitives) will undergo normal process of deportation.”
As of 2 a.m. yesterday, Fajardo said 758, including the seven fugitives, out of the 1,190 rescued foreigners have already been processed.
Police operatives raided the POGO firm Tuesday last week based on warrants to search, seize and examine computer data for violation of human trafficking and cybercrime laws.
A total of 2.724 victims of human trafficking were rescued from the establishment — 1,534 Filipinos and 1,190 foreigners. The foreigners included 604 Chinese.
Fajardo said the PNP is continuously taking biometrics and conducting interviews on the foreigners while Filipino victims have been allowed to return to their homes after undergoing processing.
Fajardo expressed gratitude to the different embassies that have sent representatives to hasten the processing of the rescued workers.
“Definitely, those who have no travel documents will be subjected to deportation,” said Fajardo.
“But for those who have complete papers, they will be turned over to their respective embassies for checking of their status in their country,” said Fajardo.
