Immigration deports Korean fugitive

ABS-CBNnews.com
Posted at 05/28/2012 8:12 AM | Updated as of 05/28/2012 8:12 AM

MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported a Korean swindler who is wanted for a string of fraud and estafa cases in his home country.

Immigration Commissioner Ricard David Jr. said in a statement Sunday that Yang Jung Zik, a 61-year-old Korean, was deported last Monday aboard a Korean Air flight bound for Seoul that left the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Yang was deported three days after he was arrested in Cebu by operatives of the bureau’s fugitive search unit (FSU).

According to BI acting intelligence chief Atty. Ma. Antonette Mangrobang, Yang has been hiding in the Philippines for more than seven years before he was caught and deported.

The bureau’s investigations revealed that Yang arrived in Manila on January 9, 2005. There is no record that he applied for an extension of his tourist visa.

David said Yang was arrested at the request of the Korean Embassy in Manila, which informed the bureau of his criminal record. The Korean is the subject of four outstanding arrest warrants issued by the Southern Distric Court in Seoul.

The warrants stemmed from complaints filed by people who claimed they were swindled by Yang.

Mangrobang said the complainants accused Yang of not paying the money that he borrowed from them. If combined, the money allegedly swindled by Yang would amount to more than 400 million Korean won.

All the complainants alleged that they were induced by Yang to lend him their money, which he would supposedly pay back out of the profits from his car business, which turned out to be non-existent.

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