It turns out that a person named "Luffy" who is suspected of giving instructions to the executioners in a series of robberies that have occurred one after another all over the country has been detained in a detention facility of the Immigration Bureau in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. I was.
Philippine Justice Minister Lemuria confirmed to NHK that Japanese police see a man named Watanabe as Luffy.
Another man, believed to be a member of Luffy's group, is also detained at the facility.
Lemuria's Justice Minister said that he will consider whether to deport the men if requested by the Japanese investigative authorities.
A man who was previously detained in an immigration facility "wasn't inconvenient at all"
A Japanese man in his 60s who was previously detained at an Immigration Bureau facility in the capital Manila, where a person calling himself "Luffy" is being held, gave a telephone interview to NHK about the state of the facility.
Around 2000, when the man lived there, he had trouble with the Philippine Immigration Bureau over the length of stay, and spent several months at this facility.
According to the man, he was able to buy prepaid cards for mobile phones in addition to alcohol and cigarettes by paying higher than the market price to the staff inside the facility, so he said, "I can also contact my friends outside. I was able to do it, and I didn't feel inconvenient at all."
He also testified, "There have been rumors for a long time that there are people who give instructions from inside the facility to the outside and commit crimes." Depending on how you keep your distance from the staff, you will have a higher degree of freedom in your actions."
Furthermore, he said, "Nowadays, it is very easy to move money and information through the Internet. It will be a better condition for criminals."