BY MARY JOY CAVAÑAS
ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) has stepped up its monitoring of Chinese nationals here.
Police Colonel Joeresty Coronica, ICPO director, noted an increase in the number of these foreigners in the city.
They don’t speak English or Hilgaynon, he added.
“We have to be mindful sa sining influx (of Chinese nationals). Basi may ara na nga ginatawag naton nga ‘silent invasion’. So aton ina nga lantawon, especially sang Bureau of Immigration (BI),” Coronica said.
The BI maintains a list of immigrants in the city.
“Kami sa PNP (Philippine National Police) may monitoring man nga ginahimu but indi naton ma-divulge ang resulta... I believe nga na-update man ang aton mayor (Jerry Treñas) sang proper authority regarding sa influx sang mga foreigners diri sa syudad,” added Coronica.
On Nov. 4, the ICPO arrested 17 male Chinese nationals suspected of operating a cybersex den in Lawaan Village, Barangay Balantang, Jaro district.
The suspects, all of legal age, have reportedly been facilitating illicit activities for Filipino and foreign cybersex clients for the past six months, according to Police Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Benitez Jr., head of ICPO’s Intelligence Unit.
Among those seized from the suspects were 24 computer units containing obscene photos of models, two TP-link switch hubs with 24 ports, 49 cellular phones, two routers, four computers without keyboards and mice, one projector, one monitor, one modem, one DVR Hikvision, and a collection of SIM cards. (With a report from DYRI RMN Iloilo)/PN
