2024.12.23 Countdown to Dec 31: 7,000 POGO workers must leave PH or face blacklist – BI
BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval advised the workers to adhere to regulations to avoid being blacklisted and barred from re-entering the country.
“That’s the advice that we are giving. If they have reason to come back to the Philippines, they have a wife, they have a child here in the Philippines, they should comply with the regulations. They should go out of the country as part of the downgrading and order to leave, and they may return if they have a reason, a legitimate reason to return to the Philippines,” she said at a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing.
“Because if they don’t leave, they didn’t comply with the regulations, they will be blacklisted, meaning they will be prevented from re-entering the Philippines. And it will be even more difficult for them to reunite with their families,” Sandoval said.
PASAY CITY, Philippines–Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives on Thursday arrested a Chinese woman allegedly involved with illegal POGO operations.
BI intelligence division chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. shared the arrest of Pan Meishu aka Hannah, 49, inside a hotpot restaurant in Pasay City.
Pan reportedly has links to illegal offshore gaming operations of Zun Yuan Technology in Bamban, Tarlac which was previously raided by authorities for alleged criminal and human trafficking activities.
Zun Yuan, formerly known as Hongsheng Gaming Technology Inc., is part of investigations related to former Bamban Mayor Alice Leal Guo.
BI, together with government intelligence forces, conducted the operation after confirming her presence in the area.
BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado hailed the arrest, stating that the operation is just one of many more to come targeting illegal aliens working in scam hubs.
“These companies doing illegal activities have no place in the country,” said Viado. “Expect more arrests as we crackdown on illegal POGO operations,” he added.
Viado said that the suspect will remain in the custody of the BI while undergoing deportation proceedings.
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