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MANILA, Philippines--An officer of the Bureau of Immigration was relieved recently for alleged involvement in the trafficking of undocumented Filipino workers abroad.
Acting Immigration Commissioner Roy Almoro issued an order recalling Immigration Officer I Vic Ferrer from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to the bureau's main office in Intramuros, Manila, after the latter was implicated in the activities of 17 suspected illegal recruiters arrested recently by police.
Almoro said the bureau was watching another immigration officer who was previously assigned to the NAIA but has been working at the BI's main office lately.
Almoro said the tips came from Vice President Noli de Castro.
"The two officers will be afforded due process," Almoro said in a statement on Sunday.
He said the recent arrest of 17 suspected members of an illegal recruitment ring run by a Chinese-Filipino businessman prompted the action against the immigration officers.
The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said the suspected illegal recruiters were arrested after their victims sought De Castro's help.
