The Bureau of Immigration now conducting manhunt operation against the two Korean national who manage to escape from Muntinlupa New Bilibid Prison, BI facilities identified as Lee Jingyu, 32, and Yang Heejun, 44.
In a statement, the BI said that Lee, who was arrested by the bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit (BI-FSU) in Pasay City last Nov. 17, is wanted by South Korean authorities and is the subject of an International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) Red Notice for drug smuggling.
Yang, on the other hand, was arrested by BI operatives in Angeles City, Pampanga in 2022 is also a subject of Interpol’s Red Notice for burglary, theft, and related offenses.
BI Chief Com Viado said, Yang has a deportation case for being an undesirable and undocumented alien and was detained at the BI’s Warden Facility (BIWF) at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City pending the completion of legal proceedings. Yang had earlier been implicated in an attempted drug smuggling incident inside the detention facility in 2022.
We will not stop until they have been located so they can be made to face their crimes,” assured Viado.
He appealed to the public for help in locating the two Koreans.
Also, Viado said the BI has sought the assistance of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in locating the two Koreans.
It said the BI’s custodial force was conducting a routine inspection at the BIWF when it discovered a rope tied at the rear portion of a ward gate.
A subsequent headcount and inspection of all wards revealed that Lee and Yang were unaccounted for. This prompted security personnel to immediately place the facility in total lockdown, while a thorough search of all the perimeter sections was conducted,” it said
