Bureau of Immigration (BI) operatives from Region 7 arrested a Chinese man reportedly misrepresenting himself as a Filipino.
Wang Chaoxin, 32, was arrested last May 14 as he was reported to have been managing a trading company and presenting himself as a Filipino.
BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said Wang was arrested together with four others, who were found to have violated the conditions of their stay. Three of the cohorts held working visas but were found to be working in a company other than their declared petitioner, while one was found to have been working without a permit.
The operation was conducted jointly with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from Cebu and Manila.
The BI issued the mission order against him, after receiving information from military intelligence operatives that Wang had been using a fake identity and had procured a Philippine driver’s license, a birth certificate and registered his company under his assumed Filipino name.
