00:00A shady venture's operations would definitely grind to a halt once the money ceases to flow more freely.
00:06In the case of illegal Pogos that can possibly be achieved by apprehending the financiers of this criminal enterprise
00:13and is something authorities are already working on, Luisa Arispe has more.
00:19After authorities successfully intercepted the alleged big boss behind all Pogo operations in the country,
00:26who is also known as Liu Ding, alias Boss Boga, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission,
00:33believes there are four more foreign nationals spearheading the illegal operations.
00:38That's why the PAOC is now hands-on with their plan to arrest these four other aliens.
00:56According to the PAOC, these four are either Chinese or Malaysian nationals and their roles in these Pogos are as financiers who bankroll or fund the operations.
01:13The PAOC is in the midst of finalizing its case buildup against them.
01:27Aside from arresting all those on top of Pogo operations, the PAOC is also monitoring the closure of all other Pogo operations in the country.
01:37It says about 50 or 100 more Pogos are still operating in the Philippines, while there are about 30 more Internet Gaming Licensees or IGLs.
01:47The PAOC aims to close all of them before December ends as mandated by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. himself.
01:55Meanwhile, the Bureau of Immigration has set the deadline today for foreign nationals working in Pogo to downgrade their 9G visas.
02:02According to the BI, if they fail to do so, they will be subjected to deportation.
02:24Once these aliens downgrade their visas, they will be given tourist visas to allow them to flee the country within 59 days.
02:31Based on the latest data of the BI, 50% of those working in Pogos have applied for a visa downgrade and also left the country.
02:40Luisa Erispe, from The National TV, for a new and better Philippines.
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