BI nabs Japanese fugitive in Manila

Japanese fugitive Amano Mototaka, who has been wanted in Japan for alleged involvement in illegal recruitment and fabrication of official documents, is now under custody of the Bureau of Immigration. Photo from the Bureau of Immigration

MANILA, Philippines – A Japanese fugitive wanted in his country for alleged involvement in illegal recruitment and fabrication of official documents has been arrested in Manila, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Friday.

Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the BI fugitive search unit collared Amano Mototaka, 50, along Arellano Avenue in Sta. Ana on Monday.

The arrest came after a summary court in Nagoya, Japan issued an arrest order on Amano in September last year, but according to the BI, he fled to the Philippines to evade authorities.

“We issued a mission order for his arrest after we received information from Japanese authorities that he is a wanted criminal, set to stand trial in Japan for his alleged crimes,” Tansingco said in a statement.

Citing Amano’s records, the BI said Amano is accused of forging entries in legitimate electromagnetic notarized deeds and selling them, an offense that is punishable under the penal code of Japan.

Amano, the BI noted, is also under investigation for purportedly arranging fictitious unions between Filipino applicants and their spouses for the latter to secure long-term resident visas in Japan.

He will then supposedly hire the Filipinos to work for his illegal entertainment bar.

Amano is currently being held at the BI detention facility at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City pending deportation proceedings. With reports from Kimberly D. Albaño, INQUIRER.net intern

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