00:00One of the targets of the Peking Immigration Stamps in Brunei are the overseas Filipino workers.
00:05That's why our fellow Filipinos there continue to take care of the safety of the Philippines.
00:11This is Bea Gaza de Guzman for Radyo Pilipinas sa Balitang Pambansang.
00:17The use of Peking Immigration Stamps by the syndicates of the victims of the overseas Filipino workers in Brunei is rampant.
00:25This is what the Philippine Embassy in Brunei Darussalam, Consul Bernadette Bing Mendoza, wrote in an interview with Radyo Pilipinas World Service.
00:34This is the most frequent, because we also encounter this problem.
00:38The fake immigration stamps.
00:44For example, here is Consul Mendoza's case where the OFW entrusted their passport to the HR to process the immigration.
00:54Eventually, it will be discovered in the renewal of the passport that the immigration stamp used is counterfeit.
01:01Consul Mendoza explained, not all Filipinos are agents involved in the Peking Immigration Stamps syndicate.
01:09There are also foreigners who do this and are victimized by other nationals.
01:14When consulted by Consul Mendoza, the government of Brunei is now pursuing this to give justice to the OFW victims.
01:23The host government having become aware of this in the previous years.
01:29They tightened their monitoring and compliance systems.
01:35Agents are not able to produce fake stamps.
01:40The former victims are now being arrested.
01:47From PBS Radyo Pilipinas, Bea Gazza de Guzman for Balitang Pambansa.
