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03 March 2025

BI ENDS FEBRUARY WITH ARREST of S. KOREAN FUGITIVE

PARAÑAQUE, Philippines—The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the arrest of another South Korean national wanted by authorities in Seoul for involvement in telecommunications fraud.

Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado identified the arrested fugitive as Park Seungeon, 24, who was arrested last Feb. 27 along Bradco Avenue, Parañaque City by operatives of the BI’s fugitive search unit (FSU).

Viado said the arresting agents were armed with a mission order that he issued after receiving information from the South Korean government which monitored Park’s crimes and presence in the country.

“He is also an overstaying alien as he had hidden in the country for more than two years to evade arrest and prosecution for his crimes,” the BI chief added.

BI-FSU chief Rendel Ryan Sy disclosed that an Interpol red notice was issued against Park over a year ago after a warrant of arrest was issued against him by the Incheon district court in Seoul where he was indicted for fraud.

Korean authorities said that Park is a member of a telecom fraud syndicate who allegedly offered false low-interest debt consolidation loan to a victim from whom he fraudulent obtained and embezzled money amounting to more than 20.1 million won, or roughly US$14,000.

A check of his travel record showed that Park arrived in the country as a tourist on Aug. 19, 2022 and has not departed since then.

He was committed to the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City where he will remain pending deportation proceedings.

Upon his deportation, Park’s name will be included in the immigration blacklist, effectively banning him from re-entering the Philippines.