Handing over Japanese people who call themselves Luffy "Discussions within a few days" Philippine justice minister

Regarding the series of wide-area robberies that have occurred one after another in Japan, regarding the request to hand over the custody of Japanese people detained in immigration facilities in the Philippines, the Philippine Justice Minister Lemuria will announce that the Japanese side will be in the next few days. I made it clear to the NHK coverage that I will discuss with.

The focus will be on whether there is progress towards extradition.

In a series of wide-area robberies, there is a suspicion that a Japanese detained in a Philippine immigration facility called himself "Luffy" and gave instructions from the facility. The Metropolitan Police Department is requesting the extradition of four or five Japanese suspects, including Yuki Watanabe and Masato Imamura, who have an arrest warrant for being involved in the incident.

Regarding this, the Philippine Justice Minister Lemuria revealed in an interview with NHK on the 29th that he will hold discussions with the Japanese side within the next few days.

Of the suspects requested by the Japanese side to be handed over, the Philippine authorities have so far planned to hand over Mr. Imamura as soon as the necessary documents are ready, while Mr. It shows the attitude of carefully scrutinizing as the procedure is recommended.

For this reason, the focus will be on whether there is progress towards extradition in talks between the two countries.

Philippine investigative authorities 'Suspect Watanabe is 'Big Boss''

Yuki Watanabe, who is detained in an immigration facility in the Philippines, was detained by investigative authorities in the capital city of Manila in May.

Watanabe was found at a hotel in Manila with two other Japanese people and was detained on suspicion of illegal entry.

According to the investigative authorities at the time, Watanabe was also using a pseudonym such as "Kenji Shimada" at the time, and was on an international wanted list from the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO).

In addition, the announcement said, "As a result of the investigation, it was found that Watanabe is said to be the 'Big Boss' of a fraudulent organization that operates in several countries such as Japan and the Philippines. There is a suspicion that he was involved in a crime," he said.