Japanese man deported for beating his wife and daughter

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) deported on Friday a Japanese man who was declared as an undesirable alien for maltreating and beating his Filipino wife and four-month old child. Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan in a statement on Saturday said the deportee, Shoichi Katoh, has been detained at the BI detention center in Bicutan, Taguig since December. “In ordering his deportation, we are serving notice to other foreigners that they should not inflict physical harm and violence against our women and children," Libanan said. The BI Board of Commissioners approved Katoh’s deportation order on March 9 and the man was flown to Japan Friday afternoon aboard a Philippine Airlines flight. Apart from declaring Katoh an overstaying, undocumented and undesirable alien, the Board also placed him on the immigration blacklist, barring him from returning to the Philippines. BI records show that when immigration agencts arrested Katoh on December 26 in front of the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City, a .22-caliber magnum revolver was found in his possession. BI Technical assistant for intelligence, Victor Boco said Katoh was nabbed based on the complaint of his wife that she and her daughter were beaten by her husband at their house in Marikina City. Katoh’s wife said she rushed to shield their four-month old daughter from her husband who reportedly gagged their daughter’s mouth with a towel to stop her from crying. A frustrated Katoh then mauled his wife, resulting in her hospitalization due to multiple injuries. In her complaint to the police, Katoh’s wife recounted that even before the incident happened, her husband has been frequently inflicting violence on her and their infant daughter. - GMANews.TV