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OPERATIVES of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested a French-British man found to be in violation of immigration laws in Baguio City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Personnel of the BI\u2019s Intelligence Division reported the arrest of Morris James Hamey, 42, at the Baguio City Jail Male Dorm.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hamey, also known by several aliases, was arrested for illegal entry and for being undocumented, and had previously been convicted under the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act (RA 10591).<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, in a separate operation in Bgy. Agus, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, BI agents arrested two Korean nationals identified as Park Jungkwan, 52, and Lee Sang Bae, 46.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The operation was conducted in coordination with the Philippine National Police Station 4.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Park was the subject of a warrant of deportation issued by the BI last month.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lee was also found in the vicinity during the arrest, and upon verification, it was found that he was also an overstaying alien.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Additionally, operatives discovered that Lee is a fugitive from justice, and has been wanted by the BI since 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Intelligence Division chief Fortunato Manahan, Jr. said: \u201cOur operatives’ diligence and coordination with local authorities were crucial in apprehending these individuals and upholding the integrity of our immigration system.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Manahan said all three aliens have been transferred to the BI\u2019s facility in Bicutan, Taguig pending their deportation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco praised the successful operations, stating: “These arrests underscore our commitment to enforcing immigration laws and ensuring that foreign nationals comply with our legal requirements.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OPERATIVES of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested a French-British man found to be in violation of immigration laws in Baguio City. Personnel of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604"}],"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=7604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7606,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7604\/revisions\/7606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}