Manila, Feb. 13 -- Senator Raffy Tulfo on Thursday criticized what he claimed an unfair system in handling raids on illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), questioning why Filipino workers receive government aid while foreign nationals are detained and deported.

During the public hearing at the Senate, Tulfo said a foreign national who worked in a POGO entity after falling prey to human trafficking and another worker, a Filipino, have approached him through his radio program and disclosed that foreign workers arrested during POGO raids are jailed and deported while Filipinos are given government aid.

He said the workers also bared that POGO workers, Filipinos and foreigners alike, are involved in love scams targeting both ...