{"id":777021332,"date":"2024-12-06T09:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T12:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777021332"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:30:22","slug":"187-deported-from-the-philippines-after-raids-on-illegal-gaming-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/187-deported-from-the-philippines-after-raids-on-illegal-gaming-operators","title":{"rendered":"187 deported from the Philippines after raids on illegal gaming operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Those deported were arrested in a series of raids in Cebu, Tarlac and Metro Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) has reported that 187 Chinese nationals <\/strong>have been deported following their arrests\u00a0during a series of raids on alleged illegal offshore gaming operators in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu, Bamban and Porac towns in Tarlac, and Metro Manila. The deportation was coordinated with the Chinese Embassy in Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAOCC executive director undersecretary Gilbert Cruz <\/strong>told the Philippine News Agency: “If you are a foreigner, you have to present your documents and passport. When they were arrested, they were not able to present any. They are undesirable aliens. Their offence is a violation of immigration laws, so they are subject to deportation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for licensed operators, Jesus Crispin Remulla<\/strong>, secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG),\u00a0has said that 47 offshore gaming operators are still operating in the Philippines. He said the DILG will begin site inspections on December 15 to ensure operators are in the process of winding down activities following the ban issued under\u00a0Executive Order (EO) 74<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey should show that they are winding down their operations. We are also accounting the visas of foreign workers, mostly Chinese nationals,\u201d he said in a television interview. \u201cThese two are interconnected. Once POGOs cease operations, they should leave the country because they do not have a valid working visa anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bureau of Immigation (BI)<\/strong> has reported that approximately 20,000 foreign offshore gaming workers<\/strong> are expected to leave the country by December 31. As of November 7, 21,757 foreign nationals linked to offshore gaming operators had voluntarily changed their work visas to temporary visitor visas and 10,821 had already left the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those deported were arrested in a series of raids in Cebu, Tarlac and Metro Manila.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777019844,"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 Philippine government has deported 187 Chinese nationals arrested during raids on alleged illegal offshore gaming operators. Concurrently, 47 licensed Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) are undergoing site inspections to ensure compliance with Executive Order 74, mandating the winding down of operations, with approximately 20,000 foreign workers expected to depart by year-end.","focusai_entities":"Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), Chinese Embassy, Philippine News Agency, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Bureau of Immigation (BI), Gilbert Cruz, Jesus Crispin Remulla","focusai_location":"Philippines, Cebu, Lapu-Lapu City, Tarlac, Bamban, Porac, Metro Manila, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Market Contraction","query":"What is the projected economic impact on the Philippines' GDP and employment figures following the complete cessation of POGO operations and the departure of foreign workers?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How will the Philippine government ensure sustained enforcement against illegal offshore gaming operators post-POGO ban, and what new governance frameworks are being considered?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777021332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021332","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777021332"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777021347,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777021332\/revisions\/777021347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777019844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777021332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777021332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777021332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}