The Bureau of Immigration (BI) deported on Tuesday, Feb. 7, two foreign crime ring members who are allegedly involved in violent robberies in Japan.
BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified them as Fujita Toshiya and Imamura Kiyoto, both 38 years old.
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THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) effected the deportation of two Japanese nationals suspected of being members of a crime ring that had been tagged in violent
Japanese fugitives Toshiya Fujita (left) and Kiyoto Imamura (right) (Photo courtesy of DOJ) MANILA - Two Japanese nationals who are allegedly members of a crime ring behind a series of violent robberies in their home country were deported on Tuesday. In a statement, Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Toshiya Fujita and Kiyoto Imamura, both 38, boarded a Japan Airlines flight past 9 a.m. He added that maximum security has been implemented to ensure the smooth deportation of these high-profile criminals. The two have been tagged by the Japanese government as fugitives from justice with warrants issued against them. Fujita was apprehended by the BI Fugitive Search Unit in Barangay Anilao Proper in Mabini, Batangas on Feb. 21, 2021, and has been tagged by Japanese authorities as a senior member of an organized fraud group engaged in a phone scam. An arrest warrant was reportedly issued against him in Tokyo. Imamura was arrested a day after Christmas in 2019 after