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BI nabs 5 Chinese POGO workers allegedly attempting to flee PHL
Five Chinese nationals blacklisted for working in an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub were arrested in Tawi-Tawi while attempting to flee the country.
The suspects, identified as Ying Guanzhen, Yang Jinlong, Liu Xin, Shen Kan, and Luo Honglin, were apprehended by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) after their boat's engine malfunctioned near Languyan Island.
They were among the foreign employees nabbed during a raid in an illegal Lucky South 99 POGO firm in Porac, Pampanga.
The BI has formally banned the use of deportation flights with layovers for POGO workers following reports that some deportees escaped during layovers.
Under BI Board of Commissioners Resolution No. 2025-002, deported foreign nationals with links to POGOs can only be placed on direct flights to their home countries, except in cases where there are no direct routes.
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