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FIVE blacklisted Chinese nationals linked to a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) who attempted to flee the country on Saturday were arrested by operatives of the Bureau of Immigration at the Zamboanga International Airport.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Suspects Shen Kan, 36; Ying Guanzhen, 31; Yang Jinlong, 29; Liu Xin, 28; and Luo Honglin, 27, were caught in a joint operation by the BI Intelligence Division and the Fugitive Search Unit.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two were wanted in China while all five were linked to Lucky South 99, a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator raided for illegal activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Authorities said the five attempted to flee the country through a backdoor route from Tawi-Tawi to Sabah, Malaysia, hiring a “transporter” to evade capture.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, their boat\u2019s engine failed near Languyan Island, Tawi-Tawi, where they were intercepted by Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BI confirmed their blacklist status and immigration violations and they were arrested upon arrival in Zamboanga City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The five Chinese nationals were turned over to the Philippine National Police (PNP) for safekeeping, pending their deportation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said the arrest highlights the importance of collaboration with intelligence agencies to prevent fugitives from exploiting our borders.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FIVE blacklisted Chinese nationals linked to a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) who attempted to flee the country on Saturday were arrested by operatives of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12666,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12664\/revisions\/12666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}