The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has reported the arrest of four Chinese nationals wanted by authorities in Beijing for various crimes.

In a statement, BI Officer-in-Charge Joel Anthony Viado identified those arrested as Wei Hanbing, 33; Wang Bo, 32; Wang Zhaoshan, 37; and Guo Dong, 26.  

Viado said operatives from the BI fugitive search unit (FSU) arrested the aliens in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City on August 31 following their arrest by elements of the National Capital Region Police Office.

Information from the Chinese government bared that Wei Hanbing is wanted for concealment of crime related to income; Wang Bo and Wang Zhaoshan are wanted for fraud, and Guo Dong is being sought for engaging in illegal business.

The fugitives were among the foreign nationals arrested by the police during a raid of a suspected crypto currency investment and love scam hub in Parañaque City on August 22.

The raided establishment was allegedly operating under the guise of a licensed offshore gaming operator to conceal its nefarious activities.

Meanwhile, the BI also announced the arrest of two other fugitives in separate operations by the FSU.

Wu Hsih Hsu, a 53-year-old Taiwanese man, was arrested at the BI head office in Intramuros on September 5, according to BI FSU Chief Rendel Ryan Sy.

Wu was tagged as an undesirable alien after the BI received information from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines that he faces a warrant of arrest for rape filed before a Taiwan court in 2005. He was also found to be overstaying for over 20 years. 

On September 8, FSU agents also arrested Chinese national Zhang Xi, 38, along Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Parañaque City.

Zhang is wanted by the Chinese government and the Interpol. Two warrants of arrest was issued against him by the Cyber Police Branch of Daqing Municipal Public Security Bureau in 2023 for Illegal Control of Computer Information Systems in violation of the Article 285 of China’s Criminal Law. 

Viado said all 6 aliens remain in the BI holding facility in Taguig pending their eventual deportation.