The Chinese fishing boat Min Long Yu is still grounded on the north atoll of the Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea but its 12 crew members have been transferred by a Philippine Coast Guard ship to Puerto Princesa in Palawan, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.
The Supreme Court has reduced the sentence meted out to two Chinese men from reclusion perpetua (life) to just a maximum of 12 years in prison, citing weaknesses in the prosecution evidence that led to their conviction of drug trafficking in 2004.
The National Bureau of Investigation tagged as illegal aliens the 14 Chinese, who were arrested on Monday for conducting illegal mining in Aparri town.
Two Chinese nationals were arrested along with two Filipinos Thursday night in Quezon City for allegedly selling two kilos of high-grade methamphetamine hyrdochloride or “shabu” to undercover policemen.
Two Chinese nationals and their Filipino companion were arrested inside Tutuban mall in Manila for allegedly selling the illegal drug “shabu” to undercover agents on Friday night.
The United States has criticized Chinese plans for a military garrison on an island in the contested West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) and said all claimants should resolve their disputes through diplomacy.
For years Filipino and Chinese fishermen peacefully shared the rich harvests around a tiny West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) shoal, but today threats, harassment and fear have replaced ocean comradery.
A Quezon City court sentenced a Chinese national to a life behind bars for allegedly possessing four kilos of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) during a drug raid at his home in 2005.
Seventy-eight Chinese and Taiwanese suspected of being members of an international financial fraud syndicate were arrested in simultaneous raids in Davao City, police said Thursday.
Three Chinese nationals arrested two years ago received life sentences for drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said Friday.
What was supposed to have been standard police procedure took a vicious turn when a Chinese woman, who was supposed to be questioned over an alleged theft of P100,000 in cash, attacked the complainant, destroyed his mobile phone, and assaulted law enforcers in a condominium in Sta. Cruz, Manila Monday, the authorities said.
Eight Chinese nationals working without the required permit in two mining sites in Eastern Samar have been arrested, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced on Tuesday.
