Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 17) — The Bureau of Immigration on Sunday said it has arrested in Angeles City, Pampanga a South Korean national suspected of hiring hitmen to murder a fellow Korean.
The bureau announced that 47-year-old Lee Hoonhee was caught in Brgy. Pampang, Angeles City on Thursday by its fugitive search unit. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said he ordered Lee’s arrest after the South Korean embassy informed them of the suspect’s arrest warrant, which was issued by the Incheon district court last Dec. 23.
Lee reportedly hired two killers to murder another Korean to whom he owes a large sum of money. The motorcycle-riding hitmen allegedly attempted to shoot the victim last Dec. 18 but misfired and missed their target.
“He will be deported and subsequently placed on our blacklist of undesirable aliens, thus he will be banned from re-entering the Philippines,” Morente said.
The suspect is currently detained at the BI detention facility in Bicutan, Taguig City pending his deportation to South Korea.
