RUI Jun Huang and Ping Wang Xiao, through an interpreter, told the Board of Parole on Tuesday that they want to return to China.
The two also said that they were not allowed by Department of Corrections officials to participate in community service outreach programs.
Variety was unable to get a comment from Corrections.
Huang, 48, has served two years and five months for trafficking methamphetamine. He was sentenced to seven years’ confinement, with two years suspended.
Xiao, 40, has served two years and three months of his sentence for trafficking methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison with five years suspended.
Huang and Xiao are among the 12 inmates who have applied for parole.
Of these inmates, Julian Sablan was taken off the list after he was cited for infractions at the Corrections facility, parole board chairman Ramon B. Camacho said. He did not elaborate.
A repeat offender, Sablan’s criminal cases included burglary, theft, and robbery.
On Tuesday, the parole board also heard the parole applications of Benjamin Lee (burglary), Ronnie San Nicolas (“ice” trafficking), Felisha Ann Basa (robbery and theft), and Liao Guofeng (“ice” trafficking).
On Wednesday, the parole board is expected to hear the parole applications of Paul Anthony Lizama (“ice” trafficking), Benigno Sablan (felony possession of a controlled substance and not theft as earlier reported), Juan Tydingco (repeat offender: fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, speeding, reckless driving), Artemia Gabayero (robbery), and Daniel M. Quitugua (repeat offender; impersonating a police officer, theft).
Chief Prosecutor John Bradley, in a memorandum to the parole board, strongly opposed the granting of parole to Benjamin Bok Lee, Felisha Anne Basa and Daniel Muna Quitugua.
According to Bradley, Lee has committed violent crimes and violated the privacy of a homeowner.
“The sentencing judge found that Lee is manipulative and incapable of following the law,” Bradley added.
Lee was convicted of burglary and a separate case of robbery and assault. For burglary, he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment with nine years suspended. For robbery and assault he was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment with three years suspended.
Basa was convicted of robbery and theft. For robbery, she was sentenced to 15 years, all suspended except for eight years. For theft, Basa was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Both sentences are to run concurrently.
Bradley said Basa “is a thief and is willing to use her boyfriend in her scheme to steal money and property. She willingly participated in an attack on an innocent taxi driver. That attack was vicious and caused serious injuries to the taxi driver.”
As for Quitugua, who was convicted of impersonating a police officer and theft, Bradley said, “This defendant has a substantial criminal history in the federal system.”
He has been repeatedly punished but has not been rehabilitated, Bradley added.
“This is a defendant who should not be believed. He specializes in lying and cheating people,” the chief prosecutor said.
Quitugua has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for impersonating a police officer. For theft, he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment all suspended but to run concurrently with his previous sentence.
The Board of Parole will also hold a clemency hearing for Price Shoiter (sexual abuse of a minor) on July 16 at 9 a.m. at Corrections, and a pardon hearing for Isidro Reyes Lizama (“ice” trafficking) on the same day at 1 p.m. in the Board of Parole conference room on Capital Hill.
The Board of Parole members: Michael San Nicolas, Vicente Borja, Chairman Ramon B. Camacho, Vice Chairman Ignacio Mendiola and George Hocog with Assistant Attorney General Leslie Healer in the training room of the Department of Corrections on Tuesday.
