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THE HAGUE, May 25, 2023 (AFP) – Fulgence Kayishema, one of four remaining fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has been arrested in South Africa, UN investigators said on Thursday. “Yesterday afternoon, Fulgence Kayishema — one of the world’s most wanted genocide fugitives — was arrested in Paarl, South Africa in a joint operation,” the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT) said in a statement. Around 800,000 Rwandans, most of […]
Texas law enforcement officers have shot dead a convicted murderer who escaped prison and was suspected of killing a family close to his last known location, authorities said Thursday. The bodies of five people — one adult and four children — were found in a house near the town of Centerville, Leon County on Thursday, the local sheriff’s office said. Gonzalo Lopez was shot in the city of Jourdanton after gunfire ensued when law enforcement […]
(Eagle News) — A Pakistani-Japanese national who is wanted for murder has been arrested in Rizal, the Bureau of Immigration said on Monday, July 20. In a statement, the bureau said Muhammad Sattar Yamamoto, 53, was arrested on Tuesday in his residence in Barangay Muzon, Taytay, Rizal by members of the bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit and of the Batangas Provincial Police Office by virtue of a mission order. The Pakistani government had asked for the […]
(Eagle News)–Authorities have intercepted a South Korean national wanted for illegal gambling in his country, the Bureau of Immigration said. According to the bureau, An Byeonghyeon, 27, who was intercepted on Friday at the immigration departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1. “He was being processed at our counter when our primary inspector discovered that he is in the Interpol’s list of wanted fugitives,” bureau port operations division acting chief Grifton Medina […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, Sept. 30, urged the Department of Foreign Affairs to cancel the passport of the woman who allegedly buys recycled illegal drugs from “ninja cops.” In calling for the move against Guia Gomez Castro, Drilon said she “does not intend to return to the country and face the warrants of arrest issued against her since 2002 for violation of Republic Act 6425 or the Dangerous Drugs Act.” Drilon […]
(Eagle News) — A Chinese national wanted for alleged economic crimes and corruption in China has been arrested by authorities. In a statement, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission said it and the Bureau of Immigration’s Fugitive Search Unit, in coordination with Chinese authorities, nabbed Xie Haojie. His arrest came after the PACC’s counterparts from China asked for the Philippines’ help in apprehending Xie, who is accused of “economic crimes and corruption” amounting to P11 billion, in […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities nabbed on Wednesday, Dec. 20, Japan’s “most wanted fugitive” accused of running a major fraud ring in that country. The Bureau of Immigration said Misao Koyama, also known as Misao Kaminsukaso, 59, was arrested by immigration and Tokyo Interpol operatives on Gil Puyat Ave. Bobby Raquepo, head of the BI’s Fugitive Search Unit, said Japanese authorities sought their assistance for the arrest of Koyama, who they said leads an eight-member ring […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has arrested a US citizen who has an outstanding warrant for his arrest in his country. The BI said on Wednesday that Larry John St. Clair, 45, was nabbed by members of the bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit in Dagupan on January 20. The agency said St. Clair had an outstanding warrant after he violated the terms of his release. The BI said a California court convicted St. Clair for possession […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (Agence France Presse) — Thailand has revoked the passports of ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra, who has yet to be seen in public since she slipped out of the country before the verdict in her negligence trial, officials said Tuesday. The former prime minister, whose elected government was toppled in a 2014 coup, has not been seen or heard from since she stunned the kingdom by failing to turn up for the Supreme Court […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand’s deputy junta leader has accused three police officers of helping sneak ex-prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra out of the country last month, a vanishing act that stunned the kingdom. Yingluck, whose government was toppled by the military in 2014, has not been seen since August 25, when she failed to turn up for a court verdict in her criminal negligence trial. Thailand’s junta says it was unaware she was planning to […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra may have fled to Dubai, a senior party source told AFP Saturday, after slipping out of the country to avoid a court ruling in an escape act that stunned many Thais. Yingluck, 50, was on Friday morning due to arrive at the Supreme Court for the ruling in her trial for criminal negligence that could have seen her jailed for 10 years. But she did […]
