The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has apprehended nine Chinese nationals last June 29 for violation of the conditions of their stay.
BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco identified the suspects Li Weilin, Liu Peng, Wang Yong, Huang Haibing, Gong Yuan Ju, Zhang Tao, Dai Guang Yuan, Li Jiang Yu, and Kang Tian De.
The Chinese nationals were arrested as they tried to disembark illegally from three motorboats at the shoreline of Parañaque Fishport, in Brgy. Dongalo, Parañaque City.
According to BI intelligence division (ID) Chief Fortunato Manahan, Jr., they conducted months of surveillance and intelligence gathering after receiving reports of Chinese nationals boarding and disembarking vessels along Manila Bay.
Four of the individuals were found to possess passports and hold 9G visas petitioned by an engineering company in the Philippines, while the remaining five were found to be undocumented.
Tansingco said the BI has “reason to suspect” that the apprehended individuals were engaging in illegal work in vessels along Manila Bay.
“Their visas limit their work to a company in Pasay City and nowhere else. Foreign nationals with valid working visas, if found to be working in a different company, are violating the conditions of their stay,” he added.
The suspects were turned over to the BI’s facility inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig City pending the processing of charges against them.
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