CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – Government agents on Wednesday arrested a Korean fugitive who had gone into hiding for several years at a remote village in Lupao, Nueva Ecija to evade the law, police said.
Jeon Dae Won, 58, was with his Filipina live-in partner in Barangay San Pedro when collared by Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents led by Armelo de Castro, said Senior Inspector Rodney Godio, Lupao police chief.
Godio said Jeon Dae Won had become a familiar fixture in the community. That made it easy for BI agents and local police to track him down.
“We showed the picture of Korean to residents who immediately led us to the house of Jeon Dae Won,” said Godio when reached for comment.
The BI agents coordinated with the local police following reports that a fugitive Korean was hiding somewhere in the village.
“The initial report was about an overstaying Korean who failed to show travel documents to immigration agents when frisked in his residence,” Godio said in a report submitted to the regional police headquarters here.
It turned out later, Godio said, that Jeon Dae Won is included in the immigration watchlist as among undocumented foreigners staying in the country.
Jeon Dae Won was escorted back to Manila by immigration agents shortly after he underwent documentation process at the Lupao police station.