Yuki Watanabe and Tomonobu Saito's deportation comes a day after a local court clears them of their pending cases.
The junking of cases is an important requisite in deporting the Japanese fugitives. Since the Philippines and Japan have no extradition treaty, the Japanese cannot leave the country if they have pending cases before local courts.
Meanwhile, according to Remulla, the authorities were also able to confiscate at least 24 cellular phones and two tablets from the four fugitives alone. Based on the DOJ’s breakdown, two phones and one iPad were seized from Watanabe, two phones from Saito, eight phones, one iPad, and several chargers and sim cards from Fujita, and a phone from Imamura.
The DOJ chief also said on Tuesday that reforms and probe are underway to cleanse the BI after the recent controversies involving the bureau. This includes the deactivation of the BI’s port operations division. –
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