Authorities arrested four Japanese fugitives wanted in their country for telecommunications fraud.
The Bureau of Immigration fugitive search unit (BI-FSU) said three of the suspects were nabbed in Parañaque.
They were identified as Ueda Koji, 27, Kiyohara Jun, 29, and Suzuki Seiji, 29.
Thirty-nine-year-old Sawada Masaya, meanwhile, was apprehended at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
According to the BI, the foreigners were arrested under a mission order issued by Commissioner Norman Tansingco after receiving information from the Japanese government about their criminal activities.
Records show the foreigners have had outstanding warrants of arrest since May 2024, which were issued by the Omiya Summary Court for fraud in violation of the Japanese Penal Code.
They were allegedly the founding members of a telecom fraud syndicate based in Cambodia, with criminal charges related to unlawful capture, confinement, extortion, and fraud.
The suspects are facing deportation charges for undesirability. —Sundy Locus/VBL, GMA Integrated News
