Villanueva underscores need to strictly regulate POGOs

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Senator Joel Villanueva said on Sunday that the recent arrest of the 277 Chinese nationals by Immigration officials in Pasig City reinforces the need for the government to strictly regulate Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO).

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Villanueva was referring to the raid undertaken by the Bureau of Immigration where 277 Chinese workers in an illegal online gaming operations were arrested.

“The arrest of 277 Chinese nationals at a building in Pasig City by immigration agents in one fell swoop reinforces our long-held assertion that criminals have quietly slipped into our shores because of our government’s lack of decisive action to regulate offshore gaming operations or POGOs,” Villanueva said.

He said the presence of representatives of the Chinese embassy in the raid shows how serious was their government in hunting down fugitives. “The problem with this is that money used to finance these operations can be put to better use if only the government deals with the problem with the same passion and intensity as its campaign against illegal drugs and corruption,” he said.

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I hope you follow up on this senatorjoelv it'll be frustrating if this tastefully crafted statement turn into naught.

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