19 Filipinos in Malaysia deported, to sue agent
At least 19 Filipino jobseekers deported from Malaysia vowed to file large-scale illegal recruitment charges against a couple in Cagayan province who promised them jobs in Kuala Lumpur.
Radio dzRH reported Friday that the 19 were part of a batch of 32 Filipinos "deployed" to Malaysia but were caught and deported back to the Philippines.
The dzRH report said the 19 Filipinos, who were due to arrive at Clark in Pampanga province Friday, relayed to relatives their plans to sue John Sabiniano, 42, and his wife Elma, 40.John and Elma, based in Barangay 2 in Jones town, already face charges of illegal recruitment along with alleged Manila-based ring leader Diana Lacson from a victim based in Quirino province.One of the earlier victims, Elmer Labasa of Quirino province, claimed the couple duped him of P160,000 in "placement fees" as early as February 2007.
Labasa, in a complaint he lodged before the provincial prosecutor's office in Quirino, said he paid the P160,000 placement fee in three installments, in exchange for a job in Korea.When he felt suspicious he was being duped, he went to the couple's Manila-based "affiliate" office, the Star Care Human Resources and Training Center in Pasay City.
There, he said Lacson "convinced" him that he would be deployed to Korea after the May 14 elections.But when he still failed to leave the country by August, he decided to check if the suspects' agency was registered with the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA).
His fears were confirmed after POEA anti-illegal recruitment prosecution division lawyer Rosemarie Duque told him that Star Care was not registered with the government. - GMANews.TV
Radio dzRH reported Friday that the 19 were part of a batch of 32 Filipinos "deployed" to Malaysia but were caught and deported back to the Philippines.
The dzRH report said the 19 Filipinos, who were due to arrive at Clark in Pampanga province Friday, relayed to relatives their plans to sue John Sabiniano, 42, and his wife Elma, 40.John and Elma, based in Barangay 2 in Jones town, already face charges of illegal recruitment along with alleged Manila-based ring leader Diana Lacson from a victim based in Quirino province.One of the earlier victims, Elmer Labasa of Quirino province, claimed the couple duped him of P160,000 in "placement fees" as early as February 2007.
Labasa, in a complaint he lodged before the provincial prosecutor's office in Quirino, said he paid the P160,000 placement fee in three installments, in exchange for a job in Korea.When he felt suspicious he was being duped, he went to the couple's Manila-based "affiliate" office, the Star Care Human Resources and Training Center in Pasay City.
There, he said Lacson "convinced" him that he would be deployed to Korea after the May 14 elections.But when he still failed to leave the country by August, he decided to check if the suspects' agency was registered with the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA).
His fears were confirmed after POEA anti-illegal recruitment prosecution division lawyer Rosemarie Duque told him that Star Care was not registered with the government. - GMANews.TV
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