CIDG files raps vs 20 individuals from alleged Pogo in Paranaque

 

MANILA, Philippines — Twenty of the 453 individuals arrested in the alleged Chinese-run  Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) facility in Parañaque City last week, are now facing criminal complaints before the Department of Justice (DOJ). 

Of the 20, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) – National Capital Region chief Col. Marlon Quimno disclosed that 18 are Chinese, while the other two are Filipinos. 

 “There are 18 foreigners which is inquested and arrested and two Filipinos are also criminally charged,” Quimno said in a press briefing on Monday. 

“This is in relation to Section 4, Paragraph G and Section 5, Paragraph F of the Republic Act 9208 known as the Anti-Trafficking Law of 2003,” he added. 

“They are key players. And also, among the 400 foreigners and Filipinos being accosted, three of them voluntarily told us what was happening in that building so they are our witnesses and they have also complainants which are also foreigners and Filipinos,” he said.

Based on Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission) report, 307 of the 453 individuals are Filipinos, 137 Chinese, three Vietnamese, two Malaysians, two Thais, one Indonesian and one Taiwanese.

According to the PAOCC, the operation stemmed from a concerned citizen’s report.  (with reports from Keith Irish Margareth Clores, INQUIRER.net trainee)