The President of the Philippines' Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) reported on March 30 that due to the saturation of detention facilities, there are still nearly a thousand foreign nationals detained awaiting deportation for illegally engaging in Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO). This has caused a planned large-scale operation targeting 9,000 illegal POGO workers nationwide to be temporarily suspended.
PAOCC spokesperson Gasao revealed in an interview with radio station dzBB that currently, 947 foreign POGO employees are still detained in a detention center in Pasay City, among whom only 29 Indonesian nationals were deported back to their country on March 29.
To alleviate the problem of overburdened detention facilities, the government is considering using a building in Pasay City, which is currently undergoing confiscation proceedings, as an additional temporary detention facility.
Detention Center Overcrowded! Nearly a Thousand Foreign Nationals Stranded! Crackdown on Illegal POGO Activities Temporarily Suspended
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Have you caught a big boss after all this time? What's the use of catching the people below?
What's the point of this delay? The second building has opened, and they are still catching people as usual.
Black-hearted PAOCC, randomly arresting
The people below are randomly catching, even those who open restaurants say it's POGO, how can they not be dissatisfied?
The government is considering launching the second phase of Yangguan Prison to expand the dog-sledding tourism industry.
The Yangguan prison is overcrowded.
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