00:00Operatives from the Police Regional Office, Calabarzon, and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission raided a high-end resort located on an island in Quezon Province, leading to the arrest of 42 Chinese nationals.
00:15Authorities confirmed that all apprehended individuals were undocumented and found out to be legally staying in the country and believed to be planning to establish a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator, or Pogo Hawk, in the island.
00:31Local residents had reportedly raised suspicions after repeatedly seeing groups of Chinese nationals arriving via roto vessels.
00:40The arrested individuals will be turned over to the Bureau of Immigration for processing, deportation, and inclusion in the country's immigration blacklist.
