MANILA: The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday said the three arrested South Korean nationals who are wanted in their homeland for robbery charges will remain in its custody.
‘They will remain in the BI’s facility in Bicutan, Taguig. We will be checking if they have pending cases here in the Philippines. If they have no pending cases and their travel documents are ready as provided by their embassy, then we can implement the deportation,” BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said in a statement.
The BI’s fugitive search unit arrested the three suspects — Han Jungwoo, 37; Jo Woongje, 36; and Lee Chihoon, 25 — in Talisay City, Cebu province on May 3.
The three are all subjects of red notices issued by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) after the Seoul eastern district court ordered their arrest in January due to robbery charges.
Rendel Ryan Sy, BI-FSU acting chief, said the suspects were accused of using sophisticated instruments such as tracking devices and surveillance cameras to sec
retly monitor their victims and obtain their passwords and personal information.
The suspects then used the data they have obtained to breach security in the homes of their victims, where they were able to steal various items worth more than 4.5 million Korean won (around US$3,300).
The foreigners will also be placed on the BI blacklist and banned from reentering the country.
Source: Philippines News Agency