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00:00A Russian vlogger who was harassed by some Filipinos for his content has been arrested.
00:06Let's talk to the Bureau of Immigration Spokesperson, Dana Sandoval.
00:10Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali.
00:12Good morning to you too.
00:14What is the reason for deporting a Russian vlogger?
00:18Yes, we consider him an undesirable alien.
00:22He just arrived here.
00:24But when he arrived here, for the content,
00:27you know, what he does is all about
00:30being a nuisance, being a nuisance to our community.
00:35He harasses a lot of our countrymen.
00:39And we saw all the elements of being an undesirable alien.
00:44Is this a motoproject or did someone file a formal complaint
00:47that's why he's considered an undesirable alien?
00:50Aside from that, when we consider him as an undesirable alien,
00:54because we saw in the videos that he posted,
00:58where he almost got sick,
01:01where senior citizens mocked him,
01:04where security guards googled him.
01:08But someone filed a complaint against him,
01:12one of his security guards,
01:16he filed a complaint and made him flutter in Makati C&P.
01:20When he found out, the CIDG ordered us to do it.
01:24And we also implemented our arrest warrant against him.
01:27Did this vlogger already have an explanation?
01:30What was his reaction to this complaint?
01:32Actually, he did not seem to be remorseful about what he did.
01:38When we arrested him, his face was very pale.
01:43When we filmed him while he was reading his Miranda,
01:47he was even flying kissing the camera.
01:51So, it seems like he did not realize the gravity of what he was facing.
01:57Do you have any information
02:01if he already has a similar case in another country?
02:05When we researched his background,
02:08it seems like this person is notorious for this type of content.
02:12Allegedly, he was banned in several countries for disrupting the peace.
02:17He was also arrested several times
02:20because he was involved in sports games.
02:24He did a lot of crazy things.
02:27So, he has been arrested and banned in several countries already.
02:30So, I would assume that the same thing will happen to him here in the Philippines.
02:33Yes, we will not tolerate actions like this
02:36that disrespect Filipinos.
02:40We are a very hospitable people.
02:44But when it comes to this, it is too much.
02:47He did not respect our fellow Filipinos.
02:51Is there a way for the Bureau of Immigration to stop him from coming here?
02:55There are records in other countries
02:58that he is notorious for such harassment.
03:00So, maybe he is committing a crime
03:03and he can be flagged for entering the country.
03:06Yes. If the individual is committing a crime
03:09and it was entered in the Interpol database,
03:12or if we were informed by their government,
03:16then we can prevent them from entering the country.
03:19The problem is that such petty crimes
03:22are not entered in the Interpol database
03:24and their governments are not informing us.
03:28We are proactive in our approach.
03:31When we see such disruptive individuals
03:34who are inside our country,
03:36we will swoop in our intelligence division
03:38to effect an arrest and deport them
03:41so that they can leave our country.
03:43Can you reconsider such a policy of petty crimes
03:46that can be entered in the database?
03:48Because petty crimes can start,
03:50but it can result in a deeper crime.
03:53Understandable.
03:55But maybe that will be the policy of the Interpol
03:57or the country where the individual came from.
04:00We are on the receiving end
04:02of the types of crimes or information
04:04that they are sending to us.
04:06But once they send it to us,
04:08we will put it in our database
04:12so that when it is encountered in other countries,
04:15the entry of the individual in the Philippines will be prohibited.
04:19Is he the only one facing complaints?
04:20Because in his video,
04:22it looks like someone is taking from him.
04:24In our investigation,
04:26for the Filipinos,
04:28his accomplices are taking videos.
04:32But I am unable to answer for local law enforcement.
04:37But it looks like they are also looking
04:39for possible liabilities.
04:41These are Filipino partners
04:44or associates of this Russian blogger.
04:48What is the timeline of his deportation?
04:50How fast?
04:51And do we have coordination with the Russian embassy?
04:54We cannot say for now
04:56how long his deportation case is.
04:59We will see if there will be a local case
05:03filed against him here in the Philippines.
05:05If there is a local case filed here in the Philippines,
05:08we would have to wait for the resolution
05:10of that local case.
05:12For example, if he was sentenced
05:14to prison here in the Philippines
05:16because of whatever crime he committed,
05:19he needs to serve
05:21his sentence in our local jails
05:24before we can implement the deportation.
05:26Where was he filed?
05:28Was he filed in the Bureau of Immigration?
05:30Or did you have information
05:32that he was also filed in the local police?
05:34He had a blotter in PNP Makati.
05:38What they said was that
05:40it was not a product of filing of anyone
05:43but as a product of proactive action
05:46when we saw that this foreign national went viral.
05:50Speaking of deportation,
05:51PAOK is asking for a quick report
05:54on the deportation of some Banyagas
05:56who have connections to POGO.
05:58What is the BI's plan here?
06:00That's the goal.
06:01That's what we are striving for
06:03through the help of PAOK,
06:05NBI, and of course their embassy.
06:08Their embassy is also providing a big help
06:11in providing tickets
06:13for these foreign nationals to be released immediately.
06:17That's also our goal with PAOK.
06:19We want them to be released
06:21and to be deported immediately
06:23so that there will be space for new deportees
06:26because there are still a lot of illegal POGO workers.
06:31Will it take a long time for the process
06:33if there are no passports or legal documents to be shown?
06:35Definitely.
06:36Because they need to get that from their embassy.
06:39The embassy would take some time in verifying.
06:44But their embassy promised us
06:46that they would expedite the processing
06:49of documentation needed by deportees.
06:52This is the last issue.
06:53Is there an update on the repatriation
06:55of some Filipinos from the scam hub in Myanmar?
06:58How many are we expecting?
07:00The total repatriation last week
07:03was 206 in two batches.
07:06That's the next day.
07:08The methods used by our countrymen
07:13who work in scam hubs are different.
07:16But the most alarming for us,
07:18for the Bureau,
07:19is the 54 who went through the backdoor.
07:22We admitted that they went through the backdoor
07:24and boarded a boat to leave the country.
07:27Thankfully, the PNP caught the so-called backdoor queen
07:33who assisted them
07:36and boarded a boat in the southern part of the Philippines
07:39to cross the sea illegally to Malaysia
07:42before they could reach the country
07:44where they will be working.
07:46Thank you very much for your time this afternoon.
07:49Thank you. Have a good afternoon.
07:51This is Bureau of Immigration Spokesperson,
07:53Dana Sandoval.