The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the arrest of an American and a South Korean fugitive, both arrested in separate operations on Friday, April 8th.
In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, the BI’s Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) identified the fugitives as Khalil Kamal Hattar, 56, American and Lee Jung Hun, 59, Korean, who were both arrested in the City of Manila.
According to BI-FSU Chief Rendel Ryan Sy, Hattar was arrested Friday morning along Roxas Boulevard in Ermita, Manila, following a mission order issued by Morente.
Hattar is the subject of a warrant of arrest issued by the Superior Court of the State of Arizona in 2015 for violation of probation on the charge of child abuse per domestic violence, pursuant to Arizona laws.
Information about his case were sent by US authorities in March, resulting in the initiation of a manhunt by FSU agents.
On the other hand, Lee was also arrested Friday morning along Adriatico Street, Ermita, Manila.
A team of BI-FSU operatives apprehended Lee on the strength of a warrant of deportation issued by the BI, after receiving information about his crimes from South Korean authorities in Manila.
BI agents nab US, Korean fugitives in double arrest
Lee is subject of an Interpol red notice and an arrest warrant issued by the Seoul central district court in July 2015.
Sy said the warrant was issued a year after the Korean fled to Manila, and he has since overstayed his visa in the country.
Information obtained from the Interpol’s National Central Bureau (NCB) revealed that Lee is wanted for swindling a compatriot of some 300 million Korean won in November 2009.
Lee allegedly enticed the suspect to lend him the money on the promise that it will be repaid by transferring to him ownership of real property units owned by the suspect. He, however, reportedly failed to settle his debt despite repeated demands.
The two fugitives were later brought to the BI Warden Facility at the Camp Bagong Diwa where they will remain while undergoing deportation proceedings
Their passports have been cancelled by their respective governments, and both face immigration charges for undesirability and for being undocumented.
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