MANILA, Aug 17 (PIA) – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has deported 75 Chinese nationals on August 12, aboard a chartered plane arranged by the Chinese embassy, BI Commissioner Jaime M. Morente announced this in the BI’s Official Facebook page.
The deportees were among the more than 300 Chinese nationals arrested eight months ago for violating the conditions of their stay as tourists for working without proper work permits and engaging in unauthorized online gaming operations.
"They were expelled pursuant to a summary deportation order issued against them by our Board of Commissioners for violating our immigration laws and being undesirable aliens," Morente said.
He added that the deportees will be prosecuted in China where they have been charged with economic crimes. They were also placed in the immigration blacklist to prevent them from re-entering the Philippines. It was learned that all of the deportees are undocumented aliens as their passports had already been cancelled by the Chinese government.
"Chinese authorities said that they were engaged in cyber crime activities and investment scams that victimized many of their compatriots in China," BI Intelligence Chief Fortunato Manahan Jr. said (VQR/PIA-IDPD with information from BI).
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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