Panayam kay Usec. Nicholas Felix Ty ukol sa Task Force POGO closure na binuo ng Department of Justice

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00:00To form clearer and more organized guidelines for the banning of POGO in the country,

00:06we will discuss the Task Force POGO Closure with Undersecretary Nicolás Felix T.,

00:13USEC-in-Charge of the Interagency Council Against Trafficking of the Department of Justice.

00:19USEC T., good afternoon to you.

00:23Good afternoon to you too. Thank you for inviting me to your program again.

00:28First of all, what is the purpose of the creation of the Department of Justice of the Task Force POGO Closure?

00:35And what are the agencies that you have here with you?

00:41The main purpose of this task force is to implement our President's orders.

00:48We will not forget that the President's order from SONA

00:52is to ban POGOs and he wants to wind down POGOs at the end of this year.

00:59There are many aspects to the winding down of POGOs.

01:02First is the closure of these establishments.

01:08Second are the Filipinos who work there.

01:12Third is the easy return of goods to those POGOs.

01:18So this task force includes DOJ, PAG-COR, PAOK, and DOLE.

01:25As of now, they are looking at that aspect.

01:28But what we know is that the Executive Order is being made by Malacanang

01:33that when this is released, the composition of this group will expand even more.

01:39Good afternoon, USEC Felix T., this is ASEC Arnel.

01:42To better understand, what will be your priority measures

01:47in implementing the total prohibition of POGOs in our country?

01:52As of now, what we have discussed in the group is how to easily let POGOs and IGLs go home.

02:00And the agreement is that these POGOs will be given until October 15

02:07to voluntarily depart from the Philippines.

02:10After that, their 9G visas will be downgraded to tourist visas

02:17where they will be allowed to leave until the end of the year.

02:20And if they can't leave after that time,

02:24the situation will get more complicated.

02:26That's where our other measures will come in, such as deportation.

02:32Aside from that, we also discussed what to do with the underground POGOs,

02:37the non-licensed ones.

02:39Because this is also one of our concerns.

02:41So now, if I'm not mistaken, the non-licensed POGOs or IGLs will be for sale from the PAGCOR data.

02:51We estimate that there are many non-licensed and underground ones.

02:55So we need to discuss how to let these go.

02:58Can you explain what will be the assistance

03:02to the Filipinos affected by the closure of POGOs in the country?

03:07You said that the total number of licensed POGOs will be 40.

03:12How many illegal ones do you see there?

03:17And how many Filipinos will be affected?

03:21As for the 40 licensed POGOs,

03:24the illegal ones, we estimate that there are hundreds.

03:28We have data of Filipinos who are affected

03:32who are working with illegal POGOs.

03:36This is also among the tens of thousands.

03:41We also have data of Filipinos who are working with illegal POGOs.

03:47The number given to me yesterday is around 20,000 to 30,000.

03:52As for the foreign workers affected by POGOs,

03:56how many percent voluntarily left the country

04:00and how many foreign workers are in total?

04:06As for the foreign workers who are working with illegal POGOs,

04:10there are around 2,000 to 3,000 who voluntarily left the country

04:15or who are already in the process of voluntary departure.

04:19But the number here, from Dole and Pagcor,

04:22is around 20,000 to 30,000 licensed POGOs.

04:25And there are other BIDs here.

04:27So we're just getting started with the process of voluntary departure

04:31of illegal POGOs.

04:33How will the Task Force POGO Closure monitor

04:37the possible tactics of foreign POGO workers

04:40to hide their illegal activities or transactions?

04:47This includes our aggressive operations against illegal POGOs.

04:54We see in the news that it's becoming more common.

04:57For example, in the POGOs we raided,

05:00there were foreign POGO workers who came from other illegal POGOs.

05:08So that's what we're monitoring there.

05:10Aside from that, there's also the cooperation with the LGUs.

05:14Because if we remember, Secretary Avalos himself

05:17ordered the LGUs to be more aggressive

05:21against POGOs operating within their jurisdictions.

05:28Sir, can you share with us the role of the Immigration Bureau

05:34in the Task Force, especially in the departure and monitoring

05:37of foreign POGO workers?

05:41The role of the Bureau of Immigration is huge.

05:43As of now, in the aspect of letting POGOs go home,

05:46letting POGOs go home is easy.

05:49The Bureau of Immigration is the one who goes there.

05:52And when we're talking about illegals,

05:55the POGOs operating illegally,

06:00the role of the Bureau of Immigration is also huge.

06:04Because they are the ones who will help us

06:06to easily deport these POGOs.

06:10Sir, do you have any measures that are being complained about

06:14by homeowners associations that POGOs are staying in their villages

06:20like those in Paranaque or Alabang?

06:23Are you also investigating these and are you also raiding them?

06:29Yes, we are talking to POGOs, law enforcement,

06:32about the complaints of other residents

06:36in subdivisions, exclusive subdivisions.

06:38And I think next week, our countrymen will see

06:42that we will have an operation against these.

06:45Okay.

06:46In another discussion, Yusec,

06:48we have a question from Tia Gutierrez of ABS-CBN News.

06:52What will be the Justice Department's next steps

06:55after the NBI said that Alice Guo's signature

06:58in the counter affidavit is different

07:01from her signature in their file?

07:06We already talked about this.

07:07We are investigating the possible responsibility

07:11of the lawyers involved in this counter affidavit.

07:15So the investigation will continue

07:17and we will know in the next few days

07:19what will be the result of this investigation.

07:22Yusec, what will be the effect of the arrest

07:26of the brother of the former presidential advisor, Michael Yang,

07:30in the investigation of the DOJ

07:32on human trafficking cases and illegal POGOs in the country?

07:38This will have a big effect

07:40because if I'm not mistaken,

07:43what I heard yesterday in the Quadcom proceedings

07:46is that Michael Yang's brother

07:48is involved in illegal POGOs in the CDO.

07:51So this is what we will look at in order to investigate

07:55and see how deep is the connection

07:58of Michael Yang's brother

07:59to the illegal POGOs in our country.

08:04Do you have a message for our countrymen

08:06from you and the DOJ?

08:11Our message is that they should trust us

08:16in the work we are doing.

08:18The work is a bit hectic

08:21but we can promise that we here at the DOJ

08:25and our agencies

08:27will continue to work hard

08:29to solve our problems.

08:32Thank you very much for your time.

08:35Undersecretary Nicolas Felix T,

08:37Yusec in charge of the Interagency Council

08:40Against Trafficking of the DOJ.

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