Tag: Korean fugitive

Korean fugitive wanted for fraud in his country nabbed in Davao City

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has arrested a Korean fugitive wanted for fraud in his country. In a statement, the bureau said 61-year-old Lee Sanghun was nabbed by bureau operatives in a restaurant in Calinan District, Davao City, last weekend, in coordination with the National Bureau of Investigation XI-South Eastern Mindanao Regional Office. The bureau said Lee has a standing arrest warrant issued in 2020 by the Gunsan Branch, Jeonju District Court of […]

Immigration bureau: Fugitive in Korea nabbed in Pampanga

(Eagle News) — Authorities arrested on Wednesday a Korean national wanted in his country, the Bureau of Immigration said. According to bureau commissioner Jaime Morente, Seo Jungnam, 41, was nabbed in Amor Riverside Anunas, Angeles City, Pampanga by operatives of the bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit. The operation was organized upon receipt of information that Seo was the subject of an Interpol Seoul Notice issued this December. Bureau FSU Chief Bobby Raquepo said Seo was a […]

Korean fugitive recaptured in Manila — immigration bureau

(Eagle News)—A Korean fugitive who escaped authorities in October has been recaptured. In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said Choi Youngseop, 52, was re-arrested on Dec. 19, less than two months after he escaped. Morente said Choi was nabbed–on a tip from informants–outside the emergency room of the Manila Doctor’s Hospital in Ermita, Manila where he had undergone a medical check-up. Morente said Choi will be deported once the BI’s Board of Commissioners issues a deportation […]

BI investigating employees regarding escape of Korean fugitive

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is investigating ten of its employees allegedly connected with the escape of a Korean fugitive. Said Korean fugitive allegedly paid 1 million pesos to the 10 BI employees. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/P2AOhhVm_UY