180 Chinese working in sex trafficking operation deported

ONE hundred eighty Chinese nabbed in a raid on a suspected online scam and sex trafficking operation last month were deported yesterday.

Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said they were among those arrested in an operation led by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime (PAOCC) and the Philippine National Police Women and Children Protection Center in Pasay City.

The Chinese, who were on the premises of the Smart Web Technology Corp. last October, are said to be involved in human trafficking activities and labor exploitation.

“Their activities are contrary to local laws and public interest, hence making them undesirable aliens,” Tansingco said, adding they were deported for “being undocumented and undesirable aliens.”

Tansingco said their names were included in the BI’s database of blacklisted aliens to prevent their reentry to the country.

“We will not tolerate foreign nationals who abuse our hospitality and use our land for their unscrupulous activities,” said Tansingco, adding: “Foreigners who blatantly violate our laws will face deportation and blacklisting.”

Last year, 1,339 foreigners were deported by the BI, including 1,104 Chinese.

The majority of the deportees were found to have violated immigration laws, including overstaying their visas, violating the conditions of their stay, and being undesirable aliens.