A Japanese fugitive wanted in his country for alleged involvement in illegal recruitment and fabrication of official documents has been arrested in Manila, the Bureau of Immigration said. | BPinlacINQ
Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the BI fugitive search unit collared Amano Mototaka, 50, along Arellano Avenue in Sta. Ana on Monday.The arrest came after a summary court in Nagoya, Japan issued an arrest order on Amano in September last year, but according to the BI, he fled to the Philippines to evade authorities.
“We issued a mission order for his arrest after we received information from Japanese authorities that he is a wanted criminal, set to stand trial in Japan for his alleged crimes,” Tansingco said in a statement.
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