3 Japanese held in P’sinan ‘cybersex den’ raid charged

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine National Police (PNP) has filed criminal charges before the Department of Justice against three Japanese nationals arrested in an alleged cybersex den in Pangasinan earlier this week.

Charged with violations of Republic Act 10364 (Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012) and RA 10591 (Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act) were Takayuki Umeda, 42; Jyunko Wang, 36; and Masahiro Kishigami, 26.

Four locals were also charged with them: Erlinda Tandoc, 40; Leonora Ceralde, 38; Josephine Gille, 34 and Rafael Tandoc, 25.

They were arrested in a raid conducted by the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission on the Japanese Learning School of Kame Hachi Corp. in Lingayen, Pangasinan last Monday.

Police seized six laptops, 55 desktops, 44 CPUs, a Toyota Grandia, a .22-caliber magnum revolver, webcams, headsets, UPS, USB, five mobile phones, passports, ATM cards, transaction payments, and cash in pesos and yen.