Philippines deports 165 suspected scammers to China

The Philippines said Wednesday it had deported 165 Chinese citizens it accused of working in an online scam centre based in the north of the country.

The group were flown to Shanghai on Tuesday and forever barred from returning to the Philippines, the immigration bureau said in a statement.

The deportees were among hundreds of employees, Filipino and foreign, rounded up by an anti-crime government task force in a raid of an office compound in the northern municipality of Bamban on March 14.

The 165 were involved in “scamming activities” and did not have proper travel documents, making them “undesirable aliens”, the immigration statement said.

After the raid, the authorities said some of the workers were forced into it and “were controlled by having their passports confiscated so they were unable to leave”.

The raid occurred following a tip-off from one of the Vietnamese workers who sought police help after he said escaped from the compound.

Across Southeast Asia, scam centres have mushroomed, with crime syndicates luring, kidnapping or coercing workers into predatory online activity.

The scam industry is raking in unprecedented sums, the equivalent of billions of dollars, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

Victims have reported travelling across the region, often on the pretence of romance or high-paying jobs but finding themselves forced instead to cajole people into ploughing money into fake investment

platforms and other ruses. — Agence France-Presse

 

[Fenimaure]

Baka kunwari lng deported yan pero mapupunta lang sa ibang bansa.

 

[plhbg1]

Baka kunwari lng deported yan pero mapupunta lang sa ibang bansa.

hehe deportation means expel lang bossing, wala na tayo kinalaman if babalik ba sila sa home country nila or hindi

 

[spike19]

sana nga ng maubos na yan sila. magpapalit na nga ako ng sim. dami nagtetext

 

[plhbg1]

sana nga ng maubos na yan sila. magpapalit na nga ako ng sim. dami nagtetext

accused lang yan sila bossing di pa convicted pero ang deportation kasi doesn't need a conviction, need lang is decision ng isang executive agency, if these persons are deemed as scammers by that agency then pwede talaga nila ipa-deport

 

[spike19]

accused lang yan sila bossing di pa convicted pero ang deportation kasi doesn't need a conviction, need lang is decision ng isang executive agency, if these persons are deemed as scammers by that agency then pwede talaga nila ipa-deport

useless din kasi yun sa sim registration. nun nasa Dubai ako, hindi ka basta basta makakabili ng sim card. dito sa atin walang kwenta. puro porma lang at bunganga pulitiko lalo na sa sanado

 

[plhbg1]

useless din kasi yun sa sim registration. nun nasa Dubai ako, hindi ka basta basta makakabili ng sim card. dito sa atin walang kwenta. puro porma lang at bunganga pulitiko lalo na sa sanado

Dubai is not exercising democracy boss, di tulad dito na meron privacy which weakens security, so normal lang yan na hindi effective sa democratic countries ang sim reg since babarahin yan ng privacy and human rights as compared to monarchy governments

 

[spike19]

Dubai is not exercising democracy boss, di tulad dito na meron privacy which weakens security, so normal lang yan na hindi effective sa democratic countries ang sim reg since babarahin yan ng privacy and human rights as compared to monarchy governments

kaya nga pabor ako sa Federalism.

 

[plhbg1]

kaya nga pabor ako sa Federalism.

i would say federalism is more of the structure, hindi siya system, kasi US is federal structure din but yung system is democractic, dito naman sa Dubai federal sila in a sense that Dubai is supposedly a state or emirate of the United Arab Emirates and Dubai governs itself kaya federal, pero yung system nila is autocratic pa din eh, so agree talaga ako diyan sa federal structure of governance, pero yun nga as long as democratic pa din andiyan pa rin si privacy and human rights

 

[Zanjoe_PHC]

Ayaw pa kasi alisin ang POGO, kasi malaki kinikita ng gobyerno sa tax ng POGO

 

[plhbg1]

Ayaw pa kasi alisin ang POGO, kasi malaki kinikita ng gobyerno sa tax ng POGO

even china is asking our government for total ban on POGOs kasi sinisira ang buhay ng mainlanders, ang tanong ready na ba tayo sa impact ng total ban na yan, so ang ginagawa ngayon is pinasukan na lang ng politics

 

[BicycleHorse]

even china is asking our government for total ban on POGOs kasi sinisira ang buhay ng mainlanders, ang tanong ready na ba tayo sa impact ng total ban na yan, so ang ginagawa ngayon is pinasukan na lang ng politics

Our econony is growing strong and steady. Thanks to GMA and Pnoy we are called The Rising Tiger In Asia before POGO came here under the previous administation. So for me it's okay na mawala and ma ban yang POGO.

 

[plhbg1]

Our econony is growing strong and steady. Thanks to GMA and Pnoy we are called The Rising Tiger In Asia before POGO came here under the previous administation. So for me it's okay na mawala and ma ban yang POGO.

well maganda ang opinion mo but it does not reflect the current situation where the government cannot ban POGOs totally, kaya ang pinaka tanong is are we actually ready sa impacts of total ban on POGOs

 

[BicycleHorse]

well maganda ang opinion mo but it does not reflect the current situation where the government cannot ban POGOs totally, kaya ang pinaka tanong is are we actually ready sa impacts of total ban on POGOs

POGO is not the only primary source of our economic income here. If you know China already advice Duterte na wag na mag pasok ng POGO dito sa atin bansa because of their îllégâl activerties like money laundering, scamming, îllégâl ********, human traffiking, modern day slavery, häçking and cyber attacks. And this is already proven based sa mga na raid na ating kapulisan and other enfoecement agencies. Karamihan sa mga may ari niyang ay mga kaso sa China, just like Alice Guo's business partner.

 

[plhbg1]

POGO is not the only primary source of our economic income here. If you know China already advice Duterte na wag na mag pasok ng POGO dito sa atin bansa because of their îllégâl activerties like money laundering, scamming, îllégâl ********, human traffiking, modern day slavery, häçking and cyber attacks. And this is already proven based sa mga na raid na ating kapulisan and other enfoecement agencies. Karamihan sa mga may ari niyang ay mga kaso sa China, just like Alice Guo's business partner.

hehe actually only 1 case against POGO ended up to conviction bossing, raid is different from conviction bossing, raid is just part of the legal proceedings in order for the court to have some sort of custody dun sa nasasakdal, hindi pa yan conviction, the reason why china is asking the government for total ban on POGOs is that sinisira nito ang buhay ng mainlanders, hehe it is true na hindi lang POGO ang source but we can't deny the fact that POGO occupies significant portion of our economy, and the fact na until now wala pa ding total ban ang government sa mga POGOs it confirms the importance of POGO in our economy

 

[KingSemreh]

hehe actually only 1 case against POGO ended up to conviction bossing, raid is different from conviction bossing, raid is just part of the legal proceedings in order for the court to have some sort of custody dun sa nasasakdal, hindi pa yan conviction, the reason why china is asking the government for total ban on POGOs is that sinisira nito ang buhay ng mainlanders, hehe it is true na hindi lang POGO ang source but we can't deny the fact that POGO occupies significant portion of our economy, and the fact na until now wala pa ding total ban ang government sa mga POGOs it confirms the importance of POGO in our economy

Ibig mong sabihin, we need to accept just because it signifiying a portion of our economy?
Why the drugs, ********, and many more not contributing to the economy? It is but the worst is more than what the people gain from it.

Anything îllégâl no matter how significantly contributed to our economy should be stopped and whoever has anything to do with it will be held accountable.

 

[plhbg1]

Ibig mong sabihin, we need to accept just because it signifiying a portion of our economy?
Why the drugs, ********, and many more not contributing to the economy? It is but the worst is more than what the people gain from it.

hehe sabihin mo yan sa vangag na government kasi until now wala pa rin silang plano na total ban sa POGO bossing, but if gusto mo malaman yung stand ko bossing, i don't want to ban POGO given na only 1 case lang ang meron conviction of all 204 cases filed against them

Anything îllégâl no matter how significantly contributed to our economy should be stopped and whoever has anything to do with it will be held accountable.

yup that's true, but just because they are raided doesn't mean they are already guilty, isa pa lang ang meron conviction of all 204 raids na nangyari bossing

 

[KingSemreh]

hehe sabihin mo yan sa vangag na government kasi until now wala pa rin silang plano na total ban sa POGO bossing, but if gusto mo malaman yung stand ko bossing, i don't want to ban POGO given na only 1 case lang ang meron conviction of all 204 cases filed against them

yup that's true, but just because they are raided doesn't mean they are already guilty, isa pa lang ang meron conviction of all 204 raids na nangyari bossing

Cguro kasama ka sa nakikinabang ng POGO. Well sarili mong pananaw yan. Yan ang sakit ng lipunan dahil lang sa pera pati sariling bayan nakakalimutan na napapahamak na pala. Saka nalang marerealize pag siya na mismo sa sarili niya ang nakakaramdam na dapat hindi na nangyari ang ganong bagay.

 

[plhbg1]

Cguro kasama ka sa nakikinabang ng POGO. Well sarili mong pananaw yan. Yan ang sakit ng lipunan dahil lang sa pera pati sariling bayan nakakalimutan na napapahamak na pala. Saka nalang marerealize pag siya na mismo sa sarili niya ang nakakaramdam na dapat hindi na nangyari ang ganong bagay.

actually the vangag government is with me bossing, until now wala pa ring ban diba, wag kasi mag base sa feelings, prove them all na guilty sila so we can have a realistic basis for such a huge ban, our economy is at stake diyan, di tayo pwede magkamali, and again, the vangag government is with me in this case, they cannot ban POGOs

 

[KingSemreh]

actually the vangag government is with me bossing, until now wala pa ring ban diba, wag kasi mag base sa feelings, prove them all na guilty sila so we can have a realistic basis for such a huge ban, our economy is at stake diyan, di tayo pwede magkamali, and again, the vangag government is with me in this case, they cannot ban POGOs

Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) online ******** services to markets outside the Philippines.

Ibig sabihin Online ******** Business that catering the gambler peope of China.
So why not bring back to China if it is Good for their country to operate.

Wala akong balak makinabang jn at walang magandang kinabukasan para ating mamamayang Filipino sa POGOs na yan, so BAN at dapat managot ang dapat managot ang mga opisyal na pulpol na nakikinabang jn.