The Philippines will deport to Japan on Tuesday two of four Japanese men suspected of planning and coordinating a string of robberies across Japan beginning last year.
Kiyoto Imamura and Toshiya Fujita, both 38, will be repatriated after being cleared of local charges.
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Japanese police have issued arrest warrants for them on suspicion of theft in connection with a scam targeting elderly people in Japan and have sought their repatriation from the Philippines, where they have been held at an immigration facility.
“They are being deported because they have been tagged by their government as fugitives from justice. Therefore they are considered undesirable aliens in this country,” Philippines’ Bureau of Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval told reporters Tuesday.
The two were transported from the immigration detention facility in Manila early Tuesday morning and taken to the capital’s international airport. They are expected to be arrested aboard the flight to Japan.
The Philippines is aiming to deport the remaining two suspects, Yuki Watanabe, 38, and Tomonobu Kojima, 45, as soon as their local cases are dismissed.
The four men are suspected of using an encrypted messaging app to coordinate the series of robberies while being held at the immigration facility.
==Kyodo
Source: ABS-CBN News