BI arrests 73-year-old Canadian, rescues 3 minors in Sta. Rosa, Laguna

The Bureau of Immigration Fugitive Search Unit arrested a 73-year-old Canadian and rescued three minors in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, according to the report of John Consulta in "24 Oras."

According to the BI Fugitive Search Unit, there are cases of abuse filed against the suspect in Cambodia and Thailand.

"May mga dati rin siyang kaso sa Thailand at Cambodia. Kung saan sinasabi sa Cambodia, convicted siya for child sexual offense," said Rendel Sy, BI Fugitive Search Unit chief.

(He also has previous cases in Thailand and Cambodia. It is said that in Cambodia, he was convicted for child sexual offense.)

"Nung pinasok nga natin ang bahay niya sa area sa Sta. Rosa, Laguna tumambad sa atin yung mga menor de edad sa kanyang kwarto kung saan yung isang bata pa doon nakahiga pa sa kama katabi niya," he added.

(When we entered his house in the area of ​​Sta. Rosa, Laguna, we saw the minors in his room, where a child was still lying on the bed next to him.)

There is an Interpol Green Notice against the suspect, but his passport was cancelled only in 2018 at the time when he was already in the Philippines.

He has been reported twice here in the Philippines, for abusing an underage male.

Sy also said the suspect is considered a threat to public safety and public interest, especially to children.

The foreigner is already detained in an immigration detention facility, and has yet to make a statement. — BAP, GMA News