A Chinese man wanted for murder died while three of his cohorts were arrested, in an operation in Pampanga by operatives from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) Friday, July 12.
The three suspects were identified as Feng Zhengheng, 29 years old; Wang Yan, 25 years old; and Chou Yibo, 33 years old.
The lone fatality, identified as 35-year-old Wu Fu Wen, reportedly shot himself in the course of the operation, according to BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco.
The incident occurred inside the premises of a condominium building in Angeles City where a team of agents from the BI’s fugitive search unit raided the suspects’ unit to arrest them for violating Philippine immigration laws.
Tansingco said that instead of giving themselves up the aliens ran away and attempted to flee, which prompted the BI operatives to chase them.
According to Tansingco, the Chinese nationals are prime suspects in the murder of nine foreigners whose bodies were dumped in different areas in Pampanga several months ago.
Six of those murdered are Chinese nationals while the three others are from Vietnam, Malaysia and Japan.
Tansingco said the Chinese nationals arrested will be charged with deportation cases for overstaying their tourist visas.
All three of them reportedly arrived in the Philippines in 2019 and did not depart since then. They did not bother to apply for extension of their stay in the country.
“They will remain in our detention facility until the criminal cases filed against them are resolved by the court as they will also be facing deportation charges,” the BI chief said.
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