TWO top officials of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) are in hot water for allegedly extorting P50 million from Chinese businessman Jack Lam, the biggest online gaming operator in the country, prompting them to take a 30-day leave of absence to give way to an investigation.
The amount was supposedly in exchange for the release of 600 out of a total of 1,316 undocumented Chinese who were rounded up by combined immigration and Special Action Force (SAF) elements in Fontana Leisure Park in Clark, Pampanga for working without permit in the Lam-operated online casino.
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