The Philippine Bureau of Immigration is suspected of having insiders who facilitated the escape of POGO executives; three POGO bosses are feared to have returned to the Philippines.

In response to the incident where the Bureau of Immigration (BI) of the Philippines allowed three expelled Chinese POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators) executives to purchase their own plane tickets, which ultimately failed to facilitate their smooth repatriation to China, Senator Sherwin Gat