Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested three Chinese fugitives who were wanted in the Philippines and China for a string of alleged criminal activities.

Identified as Jun Chen, 28; Hongru Zhang, 26; and Hao Zhen, 27, the suspects were nabbed by operatives of the BI-Fugitive Search Unit (FSU) on August 13 in Barangay Tambo, Parañaque City.

They were facing criminal charges for robbery, grave coercion, illegal detention, gun possession, and illegal drug trading filed by the city police in relation to the alleged kidnapping and illegal detention of a Vietnamese victim.

“They can only be deported after the criminal cases against them are resolved and, if convicted, they will have to first serve their sentence in jail,” said BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco.

According to BI-FSU acting chief Rendel Ryan Sy, two of the three Chinese nationals are subjects of arrest warrants issued by the public security bureau in Jinjiang, China while the other one is an overstaying alien. They are undocumented aliens as their passports were already canceled by the Chinese government.

The suspects were placed under the temporary custody of the Parañaque police pending resolution of their criminal cases. —Sundy Locus/KG, GMA Integrated News