GENERAL SANTOS CITY—At least 48 Chinese nationals have been held by immigration authorities in a compound in Maasim town, Sarangani province over questions on their work permits.
Immigration agents, backed up by soldiers, raided the compound of Panhua Industrial Steel Inc. at the village of Kamanga last April 30.
The operation followed an order by Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente for Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents to check the work permits of a certain Guiyang Xiao and 47 other Chinese nationals in the Panhua compound, where the Chinese firm has been building a steel plant, according to a report by Maasim police chief Maj. Herman Luna. The report was submitted to the Sar…
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