12 Chinese seamen charged
By Redempto D. Anda
The 12 Chinese nationals whose boat got stuck in the Tubbataha Reefs on Monday night were slapped with charges of poaching and other violations of the marine park’s rules.
The 12 Chinese nationals whose boat got stuck in the Tubbataha Reefs on Monday night were slapped with charges of poaching and other violations of the marine park’s rules.
The Bureau of Immigration has started deportation proceedings against four Chinese nationals arrested on Sunday with fake travel documents.
Sailors rescued more than a hundred sea turtles from poachers but Chinese nationals who were allegedly buying the endangered animals escaped, the Navy said on Friday.
Two alleged members of a Chinese drug syndicate who entered the country as missionaries were arrested in Mandaluyong City for selling P600,000-worth of suspected “methamphetamine hydrochloride,” or shabu to an undercover anti-narcotics agent, a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) official said Monday.
