By Ferdinand Patinio

MANILA – A Chinese national wanted in his homeland for involvement in illegal gambling is facing deportation.
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado, in a news release Tuesday, said 38-year-old Huang Sen was intercepted at the departure area of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City, after his name had prompted a positive hit in the bureau’s International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) derogatory system.
“He will be deported for being an undesirable alien and placed in our blacklist of undesirable aliens to prevent him from re-entering the country,” Viado said.
The BI added a red notice for Huang’s arrest was issued by Interpol Beijing on Dec. 4 last year, at the request of the Chinese government.
The foreigner was later committed to the BI detention facility in Taguig City while awaiting deportation.
BI-Interpol unit acting chief Peter de Guzman said a warrant for Huang’s arrest was issued by the public security bureau of the Luojiang district in Deyang, China on Aug. 27 last year.
The case stemmed from allegations that Huang conspired with other suspects in running illegal gambling sites on the internet which catered to online customers worldwide.
Chinese authorities have pinpointed Huang as the alleged head of the syndicate’s betting department.
The gambling syndicate reportedly employed the services of over 70,000 people who induced more than 1 million Chinese customers to gamble on their websites.
It is estimated that more than 700 billion yuan or US$95 billion in gambling funds were betted in the gambling activities managed by the syndicate from which the latter earned no less than 2 billion yuan, or US$272 million in profits. (PNA)