THE BUREAU of Immigration (BI) intercepted a South Korean national wanted for economic crimes in his country upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Port Operations Division Chief Grifton SP. Medina identified the Korean as Chung Chan Ik, 63, who was nabbed hours after he arrived from Tokyo. Mr. Medina said the Korean was recently convicted for high tech and intellectual property crimes. “It appears that he fled to Japan after he was convicted and intended to hide in the Philippines afterwards,” he said. Lawyer Rommel Tacorda, head of BI’s border control and intelligence unit, said Mr. Chung’s offenses “ranged from embezzlement and breach of trust in the conduct of business and falsifying information in a public document.” — Vann Marlo M. Villegas
