BI nabs Chinese fugitive in Makati City

A Chinese citizen wanted for economic crimes was arrested by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in Makati City.

BI identified the fugitive as 29-year-old Chen Xiao Bang who has an outstanding arrest warrant for a fraudulent investment scam that allegedly cost Chinese investors more than 3 million Chinese yuan or $412,000 in 2018.

According to BI, Chen arrived in the country in August 2019 and had not departed the country despite a deportation order issued against him in 2023 for being an undesirable alien.

“His passport has been revoked by the Chinese government which made him an undocumented alien who is subject to immediate deportation,” said BI Fugitive Search Unit chief Rendel Ryan Sy.

Bang was nabbed during an operation by the BI-FSU in Barangay La Paz, Makati City.

“Members of the arresting team were armed with a deportation warrant which I signed pursuant to a summary deportation order that was issued against him by the board of commissioners,” said BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco.

The suspect is currently detained at the BI detention facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, pending deportation back to China. —Jiselle Anne C. Casucian/ VAL, GMA Integrated News