00:00Two suspects who claimed to be PAO members are being arrested for defamation and for stopping the deportation of some POGO workers.
00:12Suspects are also involved in issuing government-issued IDs to foreign nationals.
00:18Rod Lagusan is in the news center. Yes, Rod?
00:21Angelic Arrestado is the second person identified by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission in the so-called Joint Entrapment Operation of PAOC, CIDG, PNP, and AFP.
00:35Two of the visa consultancy firms in Incamuros, Manila, which is under the Bureau of Immigration, were arrested.
00:42After a wife and a partner filed a complaint, the first arrested were POGO workers.
00:47They were asked to pay a large sum for their freedom and to stop the deportation of their wife and partner.
00:54The POGO worker's partner paid around Php 900,000 for this while the wife of the POGO worker paid Php 1.1 million.
01:03The suspects are also involved in issuing government-issued IDs to foreign nationals.
01:09These are currently under the custody of PNP-CIDG.
01:13According to PAO, they are included in the so-called missing link when it comes to issuing government-issued documents.
01:19The various documents such as birth certificate, passport, driver's license, and others are included here.
01:24According to PAO Executive Director Undersecretary Gilbert Cruz, these are questionable genuine government-issued documents.
01:32He will be the one to lead the various government-funded investigations for the possible involvement in the issuance of these documents.
