Authorities nabbed a Korean man suspected to be the leader of a criminal group that stole almost P80 million from their victims.
In John Consulta’s exclusive report on “24 Oras” on Thursday, the Korean attempted to escape from his condo in Makati City but the Bureau of Immigration (BI) Fugitive Search Unit cornered him.
The Bureau said since the suspect is a suspected leader of a criminal group in South Korea, their personnel and counterparts in South Korea subsequently launched their operations.
“Pag hinuli nila yung subject nila sa Korea ay maaring makatunog ang subject natin sa Manila kaya inuna muna natin yung subject dito sa atin at yung Korean authorities ay hinuli ang kanyang mga kasama doon,” said Rendel Sy, BI Fugitive Search Unit chief.
(The suspect in Manila might learn of our operation if the suspects in South Korea were arrested. So, we prioritized arresting the one in Manila before arresting his accomplices in South Korea.)
He added that the Korean fugitive and his accomplices earned over 2 billion South Korean won by applying for loans and showing fake collateral statements.
“Ongoing ang clearance natin kung may mga local cases siya na kinakasangkutan bago siya madeport pabalik ng Korea,” Sy said.
(We have an ongoing clerance if the suspect is invloved in local cases before deporting him back to South Korea.)
GMA Integrated News is reaching out the suspect, who is detained in the BI detention facility. — Mariel Celine Serquiña/BAP, GMA Integrated News
