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이민국 소속 변호사의 돈 강요사건

 아래 사건은 이민국 소속 법률담당 변호사가 야쿠자인 일본인의 마누라로부터 감시대상 리스트에서 삭제해 주는 조건으로 필리핀 화폐 10만페소를 요구하다 걸렸군요.
                                                    (필리핀 인콰이어러 2001년 12월 21일자에서 전제함)

Immigration lawyer caught in extortion try
THE National Bureau of Investigation arrested an immigration legal officer for demanding 100,000 pesos from a Filipina who wanted her Japanese husband to be stricken off the immigration bureau's watchlist.

The complainant's husband is a suspected member of the Yakuza and has been included in the Bureau of Immigration watchlist.

The NBI caught red-handed BI lawyer Reynan B. Perez, of Mapagkawanggawa Street, Teachers Village, Quezon City, just as he received the marked money from the woman he was trying to shake down, Amorlina A. Sakashita, of Macaria homes, Molino, Bacoor, Cavite.

NBI Director Reynaldo Wycoco said the complainant went to the immigration bureau on Dec. 12 to secure a permit for her husband, Akira Sakashita, to enter the country.

Akira was denied entry into the country on Nov. 22 because of his inclusion in the watchlist.

BI officials referred Amorlina to the bureau's legal division. But when she met Perez, the suspect allegedly demanded from her grease money amounting to 100,000 pesos, Wycoco said.

The victim, with the help of a major TV station, sought the assistance of the NBI's Anti-Organized Crime Division.

Wycoco said Amorlina even provided the NBI with 20,000 pesos in cash, which the NBI's Forensic Chemistry Division later marked with flourescent powder.

She then told Perez to meet her at Max's Restaurant in Intramuros, instead of the BI building.

On Wednesday, Amorlina tucked coupon bonds between the marked money to make it look like she had 100,000 pesos before she went to the restaurant.

NBI agents staked out at the restaurant pounced on the suspect as soon as he received the money from "under the table."

The arresting agents reportedly found the money in the front pocket of Perez's pants.

The suspect was later charged before the DOJ with direct bribery and for violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.