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DOJ OKs trafficking, kidnapping raps vs 2 Chinese nationals over Porac POGO
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recommended the filing of qualified trafficking and kidnapping charges against two Chinese nationals, Jiang Shi Guang and Qin Ren Guo, for their involvement in illegal POGO activities in Porac, Pampanga.
The DOJ panel of prosecutors found sufficient evidence to indict the two, stating all elements of the trafficking and kidnapping charges were present.
These charges stem from complaints filed by Chinese nationals who were allegedly recruited to work for the POGO hub and faced torture.
One complainant claimed he was sold to the Lucky South 99 firm and forced to work as a scammer, facing torture when he sought to resign.
Another victim was found covered in bruises after allegedly being tortured with a baseball bat and was rescued after he was heard crying for help inside a locked room.
The panel noted that the narration of one complainant supported the existence of threat, force, fraud, and deception as means of committing trafficking, including intimidation, deprivation of freedom, abuse of authority, and debt-bondage, which constitute forced labor and slavery.
The DOJ resolution dismissed other charges, including serious illegal detention and trafficking, against the respondents.
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