In response to a request from the Japanese side to hand over four Japanese people detained in an immigration facility over a series of wide-area robberies that have occurred one after another in the country, the Philippine Justice Minister Lemuria said, "Hopefully four people. Two of them can be handed over by the end of this week."
In connection with the series of wide-area robberies, the Japanese police authorities obtained arrest warrants for four suspects, including Yuki Watanabe and Masato Imamura, for their involvement in other special fraud cases. formally requested to hand over the four people detained in the immigration facility.
Regarding this, the Philippine Justice Minister Lemuria held a press conference on the 31st and said, "Hopefully, two of the four can be handed over by the end of this week." It can be handed over by today or tomorrow.”
Regarding the remaining two, he said that the court proceedings for another case in the Philippines are continuing, "We are considering how quickly we can respond while scrutinizing the contents of the court."
In addition, the Minister of Justice Lemuria admitted, "Unfortunately, it seems that a criminal organization was operating inside the detention facility." I was in possession of a mobile phone of the same name. I will also provide it to the Japanese police,” he said, showing his full cooperation with the Japanese investigation.