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THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday deported 43 Chinese nationals <\/strong>who were arrested in a raid at a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Pasay City<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Chinese nationals were part of the more than 100 foreign nationals previously arrested by operatives of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime (PAOCC) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC) during the implementation of a search warrant on F.B. Harrison St. in Pasay City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The warrant was issued by the Makati Regional Trial Court for alleged violation of Republic Act 9208 and Republic Act 10364 or the Anti Trafficking in Persons Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The PAOCC and the PNP-WCPC discovered that the said foreign nationals were working for an establishment that engages in human trafficking activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The BI said the accused were found to have violated the terms and conditions of their visas, and are considered threats to public interest.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The group boarded a Philippine Airlines flight to Shanghai at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said that as a consequence of their deportation, the names of the Chinese nationals have been included in the BI\u2019s blacklist, and they are barred from entering the country in the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe are working closely with other government agencies to rid the country of such undesirable aliens who abuse our hospitality and stay here doing their illegal activities,\u201d said Tansingco.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He encouraged concerned citizens to report illegal aliens that might be conducting illicit activities in their area.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday deported 43 Chinese nationals who were arrested in a raid at a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4071,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions\/4071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}