MANILA, Philippines—Philippine authorities have arrested 26 Chinese nationals who overstayed their visas, police said Thursday.
The Chinese are in the country on temporary visitor’s visas but were found working and living in the villages of Bilay and Maibu in Butuan City, Region 13 police spokesman Superintendent Martin Gamba said.
Gamba said the Butuan City Public Safety Company officers assisted several members of the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation in arresting the overstaying Chinese.
Immigration authorities took them into custody Wednesday, he said.
Following are the 26 Chinese nationals:
1. Liu Wei
2. Hong Chao Chen
3. Jie Ma
4. Fayou Wang
5. Zhiwei Chen
6. Yong Zhong Wu
7. Lihua Zheng
8. Hongfu Chen
9. Yu cao
10. Jinsong Cheng
11. Anmin Yang
12. Hong You Chen
13. Xiarong Kong
14. Meiqiang Feng
15. Rongze Cai
16. Shouzhong xu
17. Liliu Jiang
18. Wei Jiang
19. Zhiyang Zheng
20. Youmei Wen
21. Shaohua Kong
22. Shangbing Li
23. Haitao Kong
24. Jiaobai Shi
25. Bingying Chen; and
26. Hsu Yi-Chen