Seventy-eight Taiwanese nationals, most of
them young males and females, were arrested by Philippine and Taiwan police in
a series of raids in Davao City, southern Philippines yesterday afternoon.
Senior
Superintendent Ronald de la Rosa, city police chief, said the suspects have
been charged with large-scale fraud, possibly involving "millions of
dollars", in Taiwan.
"They
are operating like an international fraud syndicate victimising Taiwanese and
Chinese nationals,” De la Rosa said, adding that the suspects were here
apparently to hide.
De la
Rosa said back in Taiwan, the suspects would call their victims, telling them
that they failed to pay their debts. If a victim refused to heed the demand,
the group would then threaten him with arrest. The same group, now pretending
to be the police, would call the victims, forcing them to pay a certain amount
through bank transfer.
Aside
from arresting the suspects, the raiding team also found several laptop
computers and documents in three separate houses here.
Davao
City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said prior to the raids, the Taiwanese
government had asked Philippine authorities to help in arresting the group.
"We
are just cooperating with the Taiwanese government," Duterte said.
A
representative from the Taiwan government who was part of the operations,
refused to comment on the matter.
Dennis
Jay Santos
Philippine
Daily Inquirer
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