Since the cases against Yuki Watanabe and Tomonobu Saito have already been dismissed by the court, the two can now be deported back to Japan.
Meanwhile, in granting the release of Saito, the court also used almost the same wording present in the ruling on Watanabe. Both the decisions were made by Pasay RTC Branch 109 Presiding Judge Christian P. Castañeda.
The junking of the cases stemmed from the Motions to Withdraw Information filed by the Pasay City prosecutor’s office. The petition sought to retract the charges against the Japanese fugitives in relation to alleged violation ofAmong the grounds cited by the prosecutors was the “evidence on record is insufficient to sustain a conviction.” They also noted that based on verified reports, the charge was allegedly used to deliberately keep the Japanese fugitives in the country.
Since the cases have already been junked, Watanabe and Saito can now be deported back to their country. The Philippines and Japan have no extradition treaty so the Japanese fugitives need to have been cleared of their local cases before they could leave the country. Remulla, during a presser on Tuesday, said the two remaining Japanese fugitives will likely be deported on Wednesday, February 8. The date coincides with
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