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Philippines says it has learned lessons from "Luffy" crime ring case

MANILA, Jan. 22 Kyodo - The Philippines has taken steps to ensure foreign nationals detained in its main immigration facility in Manila cannot conduct criminal activities the way the "Luffy"-led Japanese crime ring organized burglaries until they were busted a year ago, the country's justice secretary said recently. "We have pinpointed the weaknesses in the system" of immigration detention, Jesus Crispin Remulla said in an interview with Kyodo News last Thursday, adding the Philippines has learned lessons from the case, in which four leaders of the ring orchestrated crimes in Japan in 2021 and 2022 while inside the facility. (Kyodo)

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Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla gives an interview in Manila on Jan. 18, 2024.

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Philippine justice secretary

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla gives an interview in Manila on Jan. 18, 2024.

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Philippine Justice Secretary Remulla

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla meets the press in Manila on Feb. 7, 2023, over the deportation of four Japanese men suspected of planning and coordinating a string of robberies across Japan beginning last year.

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Philippine Justice Secretary Remulla

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla is surrounded by reporters in Manila on Feb. 6, 2023, as he is asked about the prospects of the repatriation plan on Japanese detainees believed to be involved in a string of robberies across Japan.

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Philippine Justice Secretary Remulla

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla is surrounded by reporters in Manila on Feb. 6, 2023, as he is asked about the prospects of the repatriation plan on Japanese detainees believed to be involved in a string of robberies across Japan.

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Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla speaks to reporters in Manila on Feb. 3, 2023, saying the country may repatriate two of the four Japanese suspects in a string of robberies across Japan as early as next week.

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Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla speaks to reporters in Manila on Feb. 3, 2023, saying the country may repatriate two of the four Japanese suspects in a string of robberies across Japan as early as next week.

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Deportation of robbery suspects held in Manila

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla meets the press in Manila on Feb. 2, 2023, in connection with the deportation of four Japanese nationals, currently in detention in the Philippine capital, believed to be behind a string of robberies across Japan.

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Deportation of robbery suspects held in Manila

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla meets the press in Manila on Feb. 2, 2023, in connection with the deportation of four Japanese nationals, currently in detention in the Philippine capital, believed to be behind a string of robberies across Japan.