The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the recent arrest of a Japanese fugitive who is an alleged former member of the Japanese Yakuza syndicate and wanted by authorities in Japan for fraud.
BI Commissioner Jaime Morente identified the alien as 71-year-old Katsumi Ohno, who was arrested last September 30 along the sevice road in Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City by members of the bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU).
Morente said the arresting agents were armed with a warrant of deportation which he signed pursuant to a deportation order that the BI board of commissioners issued against the Japanese on June 20, 2019.
Ohno’s deportation was reportedly sought by the Japanese embassy last February when it informed the BI about a standing arrest warrant for fraud that a Japanese court issued against him.
“We also learned that his passport already expired in November last year, making him an undocumented alien,” Morente said.
He added that Ohno has been included in the immigration blacklist to prevent him from returning to the Philippines.
Investigation also revealed that Ohno has been hiding in the country for nine years or since April 10, 2011 when he arrived as a tourist via a flight from Hongkong.
Ohno is currently detained at the BI jail in Bicutan, Taguig City.
