The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested seven foreign fugitives wanted in their respective countries for drug trafficking, fraud and theft.
The fugitives were apprehended by operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in an online center in Las Piñas City.
The group consisted of four Chinese and three Taiwanese nationals, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said.
“We recently received information from their countries that they are wanted fugitives. Hence a mission order was issued against them and they were arrested for being undesirable aliens,” he added.
The Chinese were identified as Zhang Quanbao, Song Tianming, Yu Liming, and Liu Jianxin, while the Taiwanese were Li Yi Liang, Huang Hsin-Chiang, and Lin Yue Hong.
Tansingco said warrants of detention were issued against the Chinese nationals by the Public Security Bureau in China for Contract Fraud, Drug Trafficking, Telecom Fraud and Theft respectively.
Likewise, Taoyuan and Taichung District Prosecutors Office in Taiwan have issued warrants of arrest against the Taiwanese fugitives for fraud and physical harm.
The seven allegedly worked in a fraud syndicate running an online gaming hub in the Philippines.They will remain in the BI’s facility in Bicutan, Taguig pending deportation. Vito Barcelo