THE Department of Public Safety is seeking the public’s help in locating Ye Fang aka “Batu.”
On Nov. 15, 2022, Superior Court Associate Judge Wesley Bogdan issued an arrest warrant for Fang who was wanted for theft, trafficking, and illegal possession of a controlled substance. The judge set Fang’s bail at $100,000.
In December, a video that circulated on social media depicted images of weapons while another showed Fang apparently strangulating another individual.
According to DPS, “The weapons in [the first] video are accounted for and the weapons are currently registered in the CNMI. The owner of the weapons is the husband of the female individual in the video.”
DPS added, “The female individual took that video two years ago and that video was not…a public threat nor was that directed at any law enforcement [officer]. The female individual was showcasing…the weapons that she [would] use to protect her and her husband because they had received a threat from Ye Fang…. We had a couple of translators translating the video and the video was basically saying that ‘this is what I have,’ and the context of the video was meant for Ye Fang.”
DPS said Ye Fang had been known to make threats to Chinese community members, “for them to be quiet. But we have no information regarding Ye Fang threatening anyone.”
As for the second video, DPS said it was taken five years ago. “I cannot say anything about how truthful the video is — it was like role playing, but the person being choked in that video is reported to be back in China. That’s how long ago that video was taken,” then-DPS spokesman Dre Pangelinan said.
Anyone with information on the whereabout of Ye Fang should contact the DPS-Criminal Investigation Division at (670) 664-9064 or 911.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you may call the CNMI Crime Stoppers Hotline at (670) 234-7272.
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