Cebu

Annie Perez

<p>CEBU CITY — The Bureau of Immigration and the Philippine National Police are documenting and investigating the presence of 38 undocumented Chinese nationals inside a resort in the town of Moalboal, Cebu. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/9/26/cellphones-simcards-passports-found-inside-cebu-pogo-hub-vaults-1606">• Cellphones, simcards, passports found inside Cebu POGO hub vaults</a></div><p>Local officials were conducting a routine inspection of establishments in the town when they saw foreigners inside the resort in Barangay Saavedra on <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Wednesday afternoon. </span></p><p>PMaj. Brigido Paca, chief of the Moalboal Police Station, said the foreigners initially said they were on vacation. But authorities found various computers and printers at the resort.</p><p>The 38 foreigners failed to present their passports. Only one of the showed a photograph of their passport.</p><p>In an interview with MyTV Cebu, Moalboal Mayor Inocentes Cabaron said that prior to the inspection, the foreigners had requested “high-speed WiFi”, a requirement to set up POGO activities. </p><p>The foreigners were held at the resort, pending investigation into their possible violation of immigration laws.</p><p>An initial probe found that only 3 Chinese nationals checked in at the resort on September 24. </p><p>The Department of Justice, Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit and Regional Anti-cybercrime Unit were on site and trying to reach out to the resort&#x27;s owner. </p><p>They are coordinating with the Chinese consulate as the foreigners could not speak in English.</p><p>“We will file necessary charges,” said Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare.</p><p>Last month, a POGO hub was discovered in another resort in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rZROcPqCSm0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Out of 38 alleged foreign nationals, not one of them held their physical passports.</p>

Out of 38 alleged foreign nationals, not one of them held their physical passports.

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Suspected POGO site found inside resort in Moalboal, Cebu

Suspected POGO site found inside resort in Moalboal, Cebu

Annie Perez

Published Oct 11, 2024 12:16 PM PHT

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