00:00The Philippine National Police rescued more than 70 refugees who were not victims of human trafficking.
00:07This is what Ryan Lezigets reported.
00:12On Tuesday night, the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group searched an office space
00:18in a building along Adriatico Street in Manila
00:21because of the Omonate Labs scam.
00:24The PNP-ACG rescued 68 refugees who were not victims of human trafficking.
00:33Some of the rescued were Chinese national, Malaysian, and Indonesian.
00:38Even though the PNP-ACG said it was a rescue operation,
00:42the PNP-ACG is still investigating the case against the refugees
00:46after they were found undocumented.
00:49Last night, the PNP-ACG released the refugees
00:53because there were no cases against them.
00:56The PNP-ACG Director, Police Major General Ronnie Francis Cariaga explained
01:01that the digital forensic examination of the computers in Sinagawang Raid is not yet complete.
01:08This is my biggest concern, the 69.
01:10Because as of this date, we cannot yet consider them as arrested.
01:14Because we haven't seen them yet.
01:17The computer data is still for examination.
01:21And the process of examination will always take time.
01:24The PNP-ACG is now consulting with the embassy
01:27about their immediate custody.
01:31The embassy processed it.
01:33They helped us through their attachés.
01:36They helped us, they assisted their nationals.
01:41This is the latest that arrived,
01:44a letter coming from the Bureau of Immigration
01:47that they cannot take legal custody.
01:49For us, we have no legal custody because there is no actual case yet.
01:55We still have to look at the result of the examination.
02:03Despite this, Cariaga still promised
02:06that they will file several cases against the refugees
02:10once the investigation of the evidence is over.
02:13Yes.
02:14We will still continue with the regular filing.
02:18Once appreciated by the court,
02:21what will happen is issuance of warrants of arrest.
02:24These people will still be arrested.
02:26Because these people are just here in the Philippines.
02:31The modus of these people is to look for a relationship
02:35and to convince them to invest in cryptocurrency.
02:39In the raid, computers and gadgets
02:44that are used by suspects in love and cryptocurrency scams
02:49were found.
02:51From here in Campo Crame,
02:53Ryan Lisigues for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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