{"id":777031977,"date":"2025-09-22T08:57:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031977"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:58:03","slug":"more-than-90-chinese-people-deported-from-the-philippines-for-alleged-pogo-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/more-than-90-chinese-people-deported-from-the-philippines-for-alleged-pogo-links","title":{"rendered":"91 people deported from the Philippines for alleged online gambling links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) said the Chinese nationals worked in unlicensed online gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) has said that it deported 91 Chinese nationals<\/strong> for working in unauthorised online gambling. The group on a Philippine Airlines Flight for China on September 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight was arranged by the Chinese embassy<\/strong>, who assisted in the deportation by the BI\u2019s Deportation and Implementation Unit (DIU) under chief Atty. Alexi Val Arciaga. The BI reported that the deportees were among those taken into custody during various inter-agency operations with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission on POGO operations in Pasay and Paranaque, as well as mining operations in Homonhon. Some detainees remain in custody due to pending court cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Bureau of Immigration (BI).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BI commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said: \u201cWe remain steadfast in enforcing our immigration laws. Those who abuse their stay in the Philippines and engage in unlawful activities will be dealt with accordingly,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Indonesia provides updates on number of pieces of online gaming content removed<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) said the Chinese nationals worked in unlicensed online gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":16239,"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 Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported 91 Chinese nationals for their involvement in unlicensed online gaming operations, following inter-agency enforcement actions with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission. This action underscores the Philippines' commitment to enforcing immigration laws and regulatory compliance within its iGaming sector, particularly concerning POGO operations.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI), Philippine Airlines, Chinese embassy, Deportation and Implementation Unit (DIU), Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), Atty. Alexi Val Arciaga, Joel Anthony Viado","focusai_location":"Philippines, China, Pasay, Paranaque, Homonhon","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the projected long-term implications of intensified regulatory enforcement actions, such as these deportations, on the overall POGO sector's GGR and NGR contributions to the Philippine economy?"},{"label":"Licensing Framework Evolution","query":"How might this crackdown on unlicensed operations influence the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation's (PAGCOR) future B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks and compliance requirements for legitimate iGaming operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[227,4138,1205],"class_list":["post-777031977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-china","tag-online-gambling","tag-pogo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031977","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777031977"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777032021,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031977\/revisions\/777032021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777031977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}