** The Philippines Arrested Many Japanese Citizens **

[Huan]

60 Japanese arrested in raid for working illegally in Philippines
Crime Sep. 13, 2015 - 03:25PM JST

MANILA — Around 60 Japanese nationals have been arrested for working illegally in the Philippines after authorities raided a Japanese-owned call center at an IT park in Cebu City.

Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday raided the Japan Intertrade Call Center Corp, which occupies a unit on the fifth floor of TGU Tower in the Cebu I.T. Park, and arrested the Japanese for working without permits.

They reportedly confiscated the computers, gadgets, and documents of the Japanese nationals for further investigation.

The Philippine Star newspaper quoted NBI-7 Assistant Regional Director Augusto Eric Isidoro as saying the Japanese nationals may face charges before the court and may also be automatically deported even without administrative proceedings.

If convicted, they could face three months to three years of imprisonment and/or a fine.

According to the company’s website, it was established in 2009 as an officially registered corporation, not a joint venture with any local enterprise, with 99% of its shares held by its representative Eiichi Chiba.

It says the company has 40 Japanese working for it and is certified by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority.

According to informed sources, the company’s management is asserting that those arrested did not need to secure work permits from the Department of Labor and Employment as they were on half-year internships.

60 Japanese arrested in raid for working illegally in Philippines ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

@Nihonjin1051 @Cossack25A1 @yoshi.oda

 

[war&peace]

This is surprising. Japanese working in Philippines and that too illegally ?? Is it true or a joke ?
Japan GDP per capita = 38,633.71 USD
Philippines GDP per capita = 2,765.08 USD

The story does not add up. Why would a Japanese company working in Philippines import workers from Japan instead hiring from local market at much more cheaper wages?

 

[Aepsilons]

Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday raided the Japan Intertrade Call Center Corp, which occupies a unit on the fifth floor of TGU Tower in the Cebu I.T. Park, and arrested the Japanese for working without permits.

How odd. I know from my stay in Cebu City that there is a CONSIDERABLE number of Japanese expats living and working in the city, as well as that "Cebu I.T Park" was largely subsudized and paid for by JICA as well as private Japanese investors. It behooves me why the Philippines' authorities should be arresting Japanese citizens working in the Philippines' Cebu City. Cebu is also a hub of Japanese manufacturing in the country, and most of the high tech infrastructure developments were through Japanese funds and through private investments. Nevertheless, I hope the Philippine authorities RESPECT the JAPANESE CITIZENS' RIGHTS of INNOCENCE until PROVEN GUILTY. They better be provided with consular rights and consular protection and should be given legal and adjudicative representation as per International Law and as per Japanese Law.

I hope our friends in the Philippines deeply consider our considerations to make sure there are unnecessary hiccups in the Japanese-Philippine Cooperative Paradigm.

This is surprising. Japanese working in Philippines and that too illegally ?? Is it true or a joke ?

I don't know, and it is very very peculiar , odd. Secondly, i don't know why the 'NBI' would be seizing Japanese equipment in an IT Park that is largely Japanese owned , operated. This is very damaging for Japanese community living in the Philippines.

I hope the Filipino authorities do not abuse our citizens as what they tend to do with Chinese citizens in cases of illegal entry. I can tell you that any abuse on OUR CITIZENS will not be taken lightly and will reflect negatively.

According to informed sources, the company’s management is asserting that those arrested did not need to secure work permits from the Department of Labor and Employment as they were on half-year internships.

How imbecilic. Totally imbecilic.

 

[Huan]

How odd. I know from my stay in Cebu City that there is a CONSIDERABLE number of Japanese expats living and working in the city, as well as that "Cebu I.T Park" was largely subsudized and paid for by JICA as well as private Japanese investors. It behooves me why the Philippines' authorities should be arresting Japanese citizens working in the Philippines' Cebu City. Cebu is also a hub of Japanese manufacturing in the country, and most of the high tech infrastructure developments were through Japanese funds and through private investments. Nevertheless, I hope the Philippine authorities RESPECT the JAPANESE CITIZENS' RIGHTS of INNOCENCE until PROVEN GUILTY. They better be provided with consular rights and consular protection and should be given legal and adjudicative representation as per International Law and as per Japanese Law.

I hope our friends in the Philippines deeply consider our considerations to make sure there are unnecessary hiccups in the Japanese-Philippine Cooperative Paradigm.



I don't know, and it is very very peculiar , odd. Secondly, i don't know why the 'NBI' would be seizing Japanese equipment in an IT Park that is largely Japanese owned , operated. This is very damaging for Japanese community living in the Philippines.

I hope the Filipino authorities do not abuse our citizens as what they tend to do with Chinese citizens in cases of illegal entry. I can tell you that any abuse on OUR CITIZENS will not be taken lightly and will reflect negatively.



How imbecilic. Totally imbecilic.

*pat on the back* Stay calm my friend. I was surprised too.

 

[war&peace]

How odd. I know from my stay in Cebu City that there is a CONSIDERABLE number of Japanese expats living and working in the city, as well as that "Cebu I.T Park" was largely subsudized and paid for by JICA as well as private Japanese investors. It behooves me why the Philippines' authorities should be arresting Japanese citizens working in the Philippines' Cebu City. Cebu is also a hub of Japanese manufacturing in the country, and most of the high tech infrastructure developments were through Japanese funds and through private investments. Nevertheless, I hope the Philippine authorities RESPECT the JAPANESE CITIZENS' RIGHTS of INNOCENCE until PROVEN GUILTY. They better be provided with consular rights and consular protection and should be given legal and adjudicative representation as per International Law and as per Japanese Law.

I hope our friends in the Philippines deeply consider our considerations to make sure there are unnecessary hiccups in the Japanese-Philippine Cooperative Paradigm.



I don't know, and it is very very peculiar , odd. Secondly, i don't know why the 'NBI' would be seizing Japanese equipment in an IT Park that is largely Japanese owned , operated. This is very damaging for Japanese community living in the Philippines.

I hope the Filipino authorities do not abuse our citizens as what they tend to do with Chinese citizens in cases of illegal entry. I can tell you that any abuse on OUR CITIZENS will not be taken lightly and will reflect negatively.



How imbecilic. Totally imbecilic.

Well I hope they don't do it because it will be more harmful for them than beneficial. Japan can remove all its investment from there and bring back its small community into Japan and reinvest in some other place like Malaysia or Indonesia

 

[Aepsilons]

*pat on the back* Stay calm my friend. I was surprised too.

It is an issue for us because Philippines has a large number of Japanese nationals living / working there. I just hope that those Japanese citizens are given access to Consular Visits as guaranteed to them by Japanese Law.

Have you ever seen a Filipino prison? I've seen the ones in Cebu; they are filled with rift raft , common petty thieves, rapists, and murderers. To think that 60 or so of our own citizens who are working as interns are being held there --- its very displeasing.

Well I hope they don't do it because it will be more harmful for them than beneficial. Japan can remove all its investment from there and bring back its small community into Japan and reinvest in some other place like Malaysia or Indonesia

It will definitely impact the number and frequency of JICA disbursements to the Philippines if the Philippine side does not clarify this to the proper channels.

 

[Huan]

It is an issue for us because Philippines has a large number of Japanese nationals living / working there. I just hope that those Japanese citizens are given access to Consular Visits as guaranteed to them by Japanese Law.

Have you ever seen a Filipino prison? I've seen the ones in Cebu; they are filled with rift raft , common petty thieves, rapists, and murderers. To think that 60 or so of our own citizens who are working as interns are being held there --- its very displeasing.

Wow. I have no idea...It would be terrible under those conditions. I am sorry to hear that.

 

[Aepsilons]

Wow. I have no idea...It would be terrible under those conditions. I am sorry to hear that.

Yes very squalid conditions. The ones in Manila are 10 times worse, from what I hear. Cebu's prisons are considered a cake walk as compared to the ones in Manila.

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

The US can outsource call center jobs to India for a cost down while Japan has no such “luxury”，so I guess instead of exporting jobs only，they may need to export workers as well to countries with low cost of living？

if this is the case，then it's just absurd.. sad for the workers who serve the domestic market but get paid less and have to live in a foreign country.

 

[Aepsilons]

Wow. I have no idea...It would be terrible under those conditions. I am sorry to hear that.

Its ironic, really. There are close to 300,000 Filipinos living in Japan, and many of them are illegally there. Yet Japanese civil law enables their stay due to civil law amendments and various exceptional rules such as family rights, amnesty, health conditions, etc etc. Even if a Filipino is living in Japan illegally, he or she is ordered to court to appear for ruling, they are not "arrested" or thrown in jail.


Its almost just hilarious that the Filipino authorities are claiming Japanese citizens working in Philippines 'illegally'. LOL.


Come on.

How insulting.

 

[Cossack25A1]

Aside from Chinese, there are also South Koreans, Japanese, Australians and other nationalities arrested here, most of them working illegally or involved in child pornography or online gambling. There are Filipino accomplices who works with them.

Ironic that there are Filipino workers working illegally in other countries, the ones we call "TNT - Tago Ng Tago" or in English, "Hides And Hides (from immigration authorities)"

 

[Cossack25A1]

Its ironic, really. There are close to 300,000 Filipinos living in Japan, and many of them are illegally there. Yet Japanese civil law enables their stay due to civil law amendments and various exceptional rules such as family rights, amnesty, health conditions, etc etc. Even if a Filipino is living in Japan illegally, he or she is ordered to court to appear for ruling, they are not "arrested" or thrown in jail.


Its almost just hilarious that the Filipino authorities are claiming Japanese citizens working in Philippines 'illegally'. LOL.


Come on.

How insulting.

We have a dysfunctional government after 1986, making the power abuses during the Marcos-era Martial Law look like child's play.

Yes very squalid conditions. The ones in Manila are 10 times worse, from what I hear. Cebu's prisons are considered a cake walk as compared to the ones in Manila.

You mean New Bilibid Prison, the prison where drug smugglers can smuggle in comfort stuff like flat screen TVs, PS3/PS4s and Jacuzzi tub and even a sound theater where you can record an award-winning music album, while others living in very bad condition?

Yup, it is embarrassing, all thanks to corruption and bastardized form of democracy brought by the Aquino-Cojuangco clans and those who buys their BS.

 

[Aepsilons]

60 Japanese arrested in raid for working illegally in Philippines
Crime Sep. 13, 2015 - 03:25PM JST

MANILA — Around 60 Japanese nationals have been arrested for working illegally in the Philippines after authorities raided a Japanese-owned call center at an IT park in Cebu City.

Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday raided the Japan Intertrade Call Center Corp, which occupies a unit on the fifth floor of TGU Tower in the Cebu I.T. Park, and arrested the Japanese for working without permits.

They reportedly confiscated the computers, gadgets, and documents of the Japanese nationals for further investigation.

The Philippine Star newspaper quoted NBI-7 Assistant Regional Director Augusto Eric Isidoro as saying the Japanese nationals may face charges before the court and may also be automatically deported even without administrative proceedings.

If convicted, they could face three months to three years of imprisonment and/or a fine.

According to the company’s website, it was established in 2009 as an officially registered corporation, not a joint venture with any local enterprise, with 99% of its shares held by its representative Eiichi Chiba.

It says the company has 40 Japanese working for it and is certified by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority.

According to informed sources, the company’s management is asserting that those arrested did not need to secure work permits from the Department of Labor and Employment as they were on half-year internships.

60 Japanese arrested in raid for working illegally in Philippines ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

@Nihonjin1051 @Cossack25A1

Okay this doesn't make any sense at all.

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CEBU, Philippines - More than 60 Japanese nationals allegedly working illegally in a call center at the Cebu IT Park were arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation-7 yesterday afternoon.

The NBI operatives raided the Japan Intertrade Callcenter Corporation, which was reportedly owned by Japanese nationals, by virtue of a search warrant issued by Executive Judge Monalila Tecson of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 1.

NBI-7 Assistant Regional Director Augusto Eric Isidoro said the operation stemmed from information they received that the Japanese nationals working in JICC do not have Alien Employment Permits from the Department of Labor and Employment-7.

Isidoro said they immediately conducted surveillance in coordination with the DOLE and the Bureau of Immigration which led to the application for the search warrant.

Isidoro said the Japanese nationals violated Section 40 of Presidential Decree 442 or the Labor Code of the Philippines which provides that non-resident aliens who want to come here to work shall obtain an employment permit from DOLE.

Employers who wish to hire foreign workers area also required to get an employment permit.

Filipinos also working in JICC were not arrested during the operation but were advised to go home after thorough inspection of the office.

The NBI operatives confiscated the computers, gadgets, and documents of the Japanese nationals for further investigation.

Meanwhile, Barangay Apas Captain Ramily Ayuman was surprised that there were foreigners working without permits in his barangay. He said he did not receive any complaint about the said matter.

DOLE and NBI representatives present during the operation refused to give any comment yet as they still have to wait for the final report from the NBI.

The arrested Japanese nationals may face charges before the court and may also be automatically deported even without administrative proceedings, Isidoro said.

Further, anyone who violates the provisions of PD 442 shall be sentenced to suffer three months to three years of imprisonment and/or a fine of P1,000 to P10,000.



For working sans permit: Sixty Japanese fall in NBI raid | Cebu News, The Freeman Sections, The Freeman | philstar.com

 

[Cossack25A1]

Okay this doesn't make any sense at all.

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CEBU, Philippines - More than 60 Japanese nationals allegedly working illegally in a call center at the Cebu IT Park were arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation-7 yesterday afternoon.

The NBI operatives raided the Japan Intertrade Callcenter Corporation, which was reportedly owned by Japanese nationals, by virtue of a search warrant issued by Executive Judge Monalila Tecson of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 1.

NBI-7 Assistant Regional Director Augusto Eric Isidoro said the operation stemmed from information they received that the Japanese nationals working in JICC do not have Alien Employment Permits from the Department of Labor and Employment-7.

Isidoro said they immediately conducted surveillance in coordination with the DOLE and the Bureau of Immigration which led to the application for the search warrant.

Isidoro said the Japanese nationals violated Section 40 of Presidential Decree 442 or the Labor Code of the Philippines which provides that non-resident aliens who want to come here to work shall obtain an employment permit from DOLE.

Employers who wish to hire foreign workers area also required to get an employment permit.

Filipinos also working in JICC were not arrested during the operation but were advised to go home after thorough inspection of the office.

The NBI operatives confiscated the computers, gadgets, and documents of the Japanese nationals for further investigation.

Meanwhile, Barangay Apas Captain Ramily Ayuman was surprised that there were foreigners working without permits in his barangay. He said he did not receive any complaint about the said matter.

DOLE and NBI representatives present during the operation refused to give any comment yet as they still have to wait for the final report from the NBI.

The arrested Japanese nationals may face charges before the court and may also be automatically deported even without administrative proceedings, Isidoro said.

Further, anyone who violates the provisions of PD 442 shall be sentenced to suffer three months to three years of imprisonment and/or a fine of P1,000 to P10,000.



For working sans permit: Sixty Japanese fall in NBI raid | Cebu News, The Freeman Sections, The Freeman | philstar.com

Simple answer - money.

Philippine politics is extremely dirty.

 

[Aepsilons]

Meanwhile, Barangay Apas Captain Ramily Ayuman was surprised that there were foreigners working without permits in his barangay. He said he did not receive any complaint about the said matter.

Someone should tell this Barangay Captain Mr. Ayuman that interns are not workers. Its just damning to know that this organization invested millions of dollars into the Philippines, and instead of lauded for its support and employing of Filipino workers and contributing to the local economy, they are being scrutinized.

Is this how Manila plans to attract and retain FDI from Japan? I just do not understand this at all.

Simple answer - money.

Philippine politics is extremely dirty.

Money? What do you mean? Are you somehow implying that the whistle blower was one person who wanted to be given a "pasalubong" or gift? And was not, so hence he / she made false allegations to NBI and thus led to the raid?

Wow, you know that this will probably result in the company vacating Cebu. Japanese business culture , specially start-up companies, have a tendency of leaving any areas that are associated with ill-auspicious events. Its a bad omen, bad luck.

The US can outsource call center jobs to India for a cost down while Japan has no such “luxury”，so I guess instead of exporting jobs only，they may need to export workers as well to countries with low cost of living？

if this is the case，then it's just absurd.. sad for the workers who serve the domestic market but get paid less and have to live in a foreign country.

Not just that, its just the fact that they were arrested without even a warrant. WHAT THE F????

Where is proof?