The Bureau of Immigration will support the Chinese government in deporting those hit with passport cancellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Philippines.- Chinese POGO workers<\/a><\/em><\/strong> may be deported by the Philippines Bureau of Immigration after the Chinese government cancelled their passports for involvement in illegal gambling operations<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, according to reports in GGRAsia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chinese nationals are considered undocumented once their passports are canceled by their government and BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said \u201cthis could lead to mass deportation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the weekend, the Chinese embassy revealed it had obtained a list of Chinese nationals working for POGOs. Sandoval said the BI would support the Chinese government in deporting those hit with passport cancellations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe would ask for a list of names. That is what we have been doing in the past. They give us a list of their nationals whose passports have been canceled so we could implement the deportation.\u201d, she explained. The Bureau of Immigration will support the Chinese government in deporting those hit with passport cancellations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippines Bureau of Immigration will support the Chinese government in deporting Chinese nationals working for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) whose passports have been cancelled due to involvement in illegal gambling. This action, prompted by China's intensified crackdown, could lead to mass deportations, significantly impacting the POGO sector's labor force and operational stability. The move underscores heightened cross-border regulatory enforcement against illicit iGaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Bureau of Immigration, Chinese government, GGRAsia, Chinese embassy, Dana Sandoval","focusai_location":"Philippines, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Sector Impact","query":"What is the estimated scale of POGO workforce reduction anticipated from these deportations, and how will this impact the operational continuity and GGR of affected operators?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent","query":"How might this cross-border enforcement action influence future regulatory cooperation between the Philippines and China regarding other iGaming verticals or illicit financial flows?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,16338,439,158],"tags":[227,128,1205],"class_list":["post-3821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","tag-china","tag-philippines","tag-pogo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3821"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3860,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions\/3860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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