A South Korean who is wanted for fraud escaped from Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers on Tuesday after he attended a preliminary hearing on an estafa case filed against him at a Quezon City court.

Na Ihkyeon, 28, escaped from his BI escorts through the court’s restroom, police said. He was arrested at the Clark International Airport in May 2023.

The BI deferred his deportation pending resolution of an estafa case filed by a businesswoman. DMS