Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents arrested three Chinese fugitives wanted for a string of criminal cases here and in China.
The suspects were identified as Jun Chen, Hongru Zhang, and Hao Zhen at the request of the Chinese government which informed the BI about the fugitives’ presence in the country.
Immigration commissioner Norman Tansingco said the foreigners cannot be deported yet as they have to face criminal charges for robbery, grave coercion, illegal detention, gun possession, and illegal drug trading that police have filed against them before the Parañaque City prosecutor’s office.
“They can only be deported after the criminal cases against them are resolved and, if convicted, they will have to first serve their sentence in jail,” Tansingco explained. The criminal cases were filed after police rescued a Vietnamese national who was kidnapped and illegally detained by the said Chinese nationals.
The three Chinese are subject of arrest warrants issued by the public security bureau in Jinjiang, China while the other one is an overstaying alien.
